THE BRUTAL civil war in Nigeria is slowly dragging to a close. Little remains of the secessionist Eastern Region--Biafra. In just a few months, probably, all rebel territory will belong to the ...

Almost every student he knew became part of the war effort. He joined the Biafran army and was assigned to the signal unit, whose responsibilities included "active intelligence and eavesdropping ...

Hidden high in the luscious, green hills of Enugu in south-east Nigeria, down a beaten track - under a sign that says leprosy colony - is the Biafran war veterans' camp. Like its location ...

They cannot be meaningfully excused from any ethical exercise we may engage in on the Nigerian war. At the very least Biafran leaders are guilty of gross deceit. Only a few months ago they were ...

I was conscripted into the Biafran Army in 1968 at Ndoni now in Rivers State, at the age of 14. We faced lots of challenges during the war. The challenges we faced included lack of arms and ...

As a Biafran soldier, we fought from Elele, now in Rivers State and part of today's Imo State like Nguruji, Umu-Agwo, and Obinze. The war started in 1967 and I joined in 1968.

Adichie is eager to interrogate the legacy of the Nigerian-Biafran war and the long process of making her characters feel real. Adichie joins Jenni Murray in March 2004 on the week her book was ...

The pro-Biafran group urged the people to ignore the declaration, saying those involved in the event in Finland were among the sponsors of insecurity in Nigeria’s South-East region. This was ...