Israel National daily, Israel Times has remembered the 50th anniversary since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra.
The paper in its editorial released on Monday said after fifty years of the thwarted struggle for independence, Biafra remains an extremely sensitive subject in Nigeria.
The paper noted that the war, which lasted between 1967 – 1960 led to the mass exodus and death of millions of Biafran Jews.
According to the newspaper, “Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state.
“The main pro-independence groups — the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) — have called for a day of reflection.
“The conflict caused an estimated million deaths, many of them by starvation after the secessionist region was blockaded.
“With surrender went their dreams of a separate state for the Igbo people, who are the majority in the southeast.
“Half a century later, Biafra remains an extremely sensitive subject in Nigeria.”
