Note: Secessionist western African area that was formerly inhabited principally by the Igbo people, and today is home to the Igbo Christians and Hausa or Fulani Muslims, among others. It constitutes the former Eastern Region of Nigeria that unilaterally declared its independence from Nigeria from 1967 until 1970, a period marked by civil war, severe economic and political instability, and violent ethnic friction.
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