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This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship as genocides. It excludes mass killings which have not been explicitly defined as genocidal, but called mass murder, crimes against humanity, politicide, classicide, or war crimes, such as the Thirty Years' War (4.5 to 8 million deaths ...
8000-30,000 [2] Targeted killings of Igbo people in Northern Nigeria in revenge for the coup of January 15, 1966. [3] Asaba massacre. 1967-10-07. Asaba, Delta State. Up to 500 men [4] Occurred during the Nigerian-Biafran War [5] [6] Ugep Massacre.
Massacre. The Federal troops entered Asaba around October 5, and began ransacking houses and killing civilians, claiming they were Biafran sympathisers. Reports suggest that several hundred innocent males may have been killed individually and in groups at various locations in the town. Leaders summoned the townspeople to assemble on the morning ...
This article lists and summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted (due to lack of political will, lack of effective procedures, or other practical and political reasons), [better source needed] historians and lawyers will frequently make a serious case in order to prove that ...
Rank. General. Battles/wars. Congo Crisis. Nigerian Civil War. Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon [1] GCFR (born 19 October 1934) is a Nigerian general and statesman who led the Federal military government war efforts during the Nigerian Civil War. He served in this role as military leader and as head of state of Nigeria.
Colonial Nigeria/British Republic (1800–1960) First Nigerian Republic (1960–1979) Civil War (1967–1970) Second Nigerian Republic (1977–1991) Third Nigerian Republic (1992–1999) Fourth Nigerian Republic (1999–present) Peace agreements. Peace agreements signed. See also.
The insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria is a military conflict that broke out in the city of Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria on 16 January 2021, when the Nigerian Army moved to crush the paramilitary wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security Network (ESN). [30] The conflict escalated after the ESN managed to repulse the ...
Nigerian Civil War. The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967. Nigeria was led by General Yakubu Gowon, and Biafra by Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka ...