The Biafran Tragedy: Unraveling the Causes of the Nigerian Civil War We weren’t able to create a summary for you. Refresh your page to try again. Apr 24, 2026 · The Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra , a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbreak of war. Apr 24, 2026 · The Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra , a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbreak of war. TheNigerianCivilWar, also known as theBiafranWar, Nigeria-BiafraWar, or BiafraWar, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state that had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967. Until recently, theNigeria-Biafrawar was rarely analyzed by either scholars or artists. “The world was silent when we died,” wrote Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her extraordinary war novel, Half of a Yellow Sun. But the world was less silent during the war than it became afterward. Romano Cagnoni / Getty Images Africa, Nigeriacivilwar, Biafra, at the front line, young officer ordering an attack.He joined theBiafran army and was assigned to the signal unit, whose responsibilities included "active intelligence and eavesdropping on theNigerian military". TheNigerianCivilWar was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbreak of war. Biafra’s children fought and laboured, as well as suffered, during the war. Their roles and contributions have been neglected in the writing of Nigeria’s civilwar.