Word: nigeria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...holocaust in Nigeria [Jan. 26], with its 2,000,000 dead, is testimony to the white Christian dominance of world affairs. The Africans have been subject to white colonial dominance for centuries. When they were finally granted independence, they were ill prepared for it. The so-called civilized nations sold 20th century arms to both sides in a cruel and meaningless civil war. Now that the war has ended, Christianity demands charity and compassion. What hypocrisy...
...During the Nazi reign, humanity could pretend to know nothing about the atrocities. During the Nigeria-Biafran conflict everybody knew it was plain genocide -which will probably be the final Biafran solution, now that the conquest of Biafra is accomplished...
...help save 1,000,000 or more I bo tribesmen who are in peril of starvation. Despite occasionally grudging cooperation from the Nigerian government (relief planes, for instance, were charged landing fees of up to $450), the effort was achieving some success. As work progressed, General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria's military leader, answered questions from TIME Correspondent James Wilde. In his first individual interview since the end of the civil war, Gowon maintains a determinedly optimistic and perhaps unrealistic view of Nigeria's chances of restoring unity. He also displays a prickly sensitivity about intervention by outsiders, even...
...self-reliance. Given the tenacity, resourcefulness and determination behind both sides, there is really no reason why our people should remain in poverty much longer. By the grace of God we shall succeed on our own steam without being involved in cold-war politics and free from neocolonial domination. Nigeria's success in subduing secession has ensured that secession cannot be tolerated. There are excellent lessons in our national conflict which other African nations could well examine to advantage...
...been blocked off for 30 months. By early next month, drillers expect production to reach 780,000 bbl. a day. That would be enough to 1) supply all the needs of an industrial country the size of The Netherlands and the Union of South Africa combined, and 2) put Nigeria among the world's top ten oil producers...