Word: nigerias
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...Ibos refuse to yield, they would not be without justification. Nigeria is now, more than ever before, divided into separate and hostile regions. Last October's riots seem to have convinced the Nigerians that they cannot live safely among members of another tribe. The surge of refugees fleeging homeward has included not only Ibos, but also Yorubas returning to the West and Hausas to the North. With communications closed, trade between the regions has come to a standstill. Even Nigeria's universities, traditionally neutral meeting places for members of feuding tribes, have been crippled by the new crisis. Almost...
...Nigeria's present crisis is rooted in tribal tensions which have been maturing for decades. The most violent antagonism is between the progressive Ibos, who dominate Nigeria's Eastern Region, and the less-educated Hausas, a Moslem people from the vast and largely arid Northern Region. After World War II, the Ibos, whose Eastern home is badly overpopulated, migrated north in droves to take advantage of the opportunities offered by their underdeveloped and underpopulated neighbor. The Ibos soon dominated major northern industries and captured crucial transportation and communications jobs. The Hausas, frustrated by their inability to complete with the "foreigners...
...Nigeria's Northern and Western Regions consider a loose confederation and Ibo secession equally unattractive. The East has just discovered large deposits of oil, and its neighbors want to make sure that they share in the benefits. The North declared that if the East tried to pull out of the federation, it would use force to bring the rebels back. The Ibos responded by arming...
...this atmosphere of terror and intransigence that Gowon had to fight for negotiations. His success was no small achievement. And the conference undoubtedly accomplished much. It relieved at least temporarily the accumulating tensions that seemed to be driving Nigeria toward civil war. It also brought an agreement to hold further talks, this time in Nigeria...
...there was one conspicuous omission in the communique issued after the Accra negotiations. The five men avoided Nigerial's most pressing difficulty, the future form of the central government. With this issue unresolved, no one can be certain of Nigeria's fate. The negotiated agreements have deterred the East's immediate secession. But there is still no certainty that the Ibos will be willing to settle for anything but the loose confederation of states that they have wanted all along...