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Nigeria has jailed Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu: why it risks backfiring

The terrorism conviction and life sentence handed down by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, brings an end to a ten-year legal battle. But it opens up a larger political and security question for Nigeria.

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2025

Finland sentences Nigerian separatist leader to six years in prison

In 2024, the Nigerian military declared Simon Ekpa wanted as part of nearly 100 people sought on charges of terrorism. After his arrest in Finland, the Nigerian government sought his extradition.

Euronews · Sep 2, 2025

Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza

We saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

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The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma review – a brutal journey

The victims of Nigeria’s bloody civil war are given a voice in this tale of a man’s quest to find his estranged brother

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

Simon Ekpa's Journey From Track Athlete To Prime Minister Of The Biafra Republic Government In Exile

Despite moving to a new country in 2007, Simon never forgot about the land he came from and the struggles of his people. He remained active in Biafran circles, both in Finland and elsewhere, and continued supporting the independence movement.

International Business Times · Feb 26, 2024

John Pilger, campaigning journalist, dies aged 84

Celebrated Australian journalist and documentary film-maker covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Biafra

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023

War photographer Don McCullin: ‘Wherever I go, there seems to be violence and death’

From Vietnam to Biafra, he captured war and suffering with shocking power. The great photographer talks about his tough childhood, the film Angelina Jolie is making about him – and the shots that still haunt his sleep

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

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Pro-Biafra militants accused of killing pregnant woman and children in Nigeria

Woman and four children among 14 victims of latest wave of killings in south-east Anambra State

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

The lost Jews of Nigeria

The long read: Until the 1990s, there were almost no Jews in Nigeria. Now thousands have enthusiastically taken up the faith. Why?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

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