Amnesty Says Nigeria Killed 17 Biafra Separatists

Amnesty International says Nigerian soldiers killed at least 17 people during a recent gathering of Biafran separatists in the country’s southeast. The military is denying the allegations. Supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra gathered in the city of Onitsha and surrounding communities late last month to commemorate the date when southeastern Nigeria seceded and became the short-lived Republic of Biafra.   IPOB, as the group is known, was planning a march to mark the...

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