Igboland Biafra on May 30, 1967. Nigerian General Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu on this day made a declaration of independence of Biafra from Nigeria and became the head of state of the new republic. The Nigerian Civil War (or the "Nigerian-Biafran War") lasted from 6 July 1967 until 15 January 1970, after which Biafra once again became part of Nigeria. The Republic of Biafra was defeated after three years of war by the federal government of Nigeria from 1967 to 1970 with military support from the United Kingdom (strategy and ammunition), Soviet Union (ammunition), the United Arab Republic (air force), as well as
Great Chinese Famine excrement. Then tongs were used to prise his mouth open after he refused to swallow excrement. He died three weeks later. There are widespread oral reports, and some official documentation, of cannibalism being practised in various forms, as a result of the famine. Due to the scale of the famine, the resulting cannibalism has been described as "on a scale unprecedented in the history of the 20th century". The term "Three Bitter Years" is often used by Chinese peasants to refer to this period. Local party leaders, for their part, conspired to cover up shortfalls and reassign blame in order