 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Houphouët-Boigny aivewo nemupiro mukuru mukukakavadzana kwezvematongerwo enyika muBiafra. Achifunga kuti Nigeria ingangoisa pangozi nyika dzemuAfrica dzaitongwa neFrance, Foccart akatuma Houphouët-Boigny naLieutenant-Colonel Raymond Bichelot parwendo muna 1963 kuti vanoongorora zvaiitika mune zvematongerwo enyika munyika. Mukana wokupedza simba reyaimbova koloni yeBritain wakazviratidza muna May 1967, apo Biafra, yaitungamirirwa naLieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, yakazvipira kuparadzana neNigeria. Nyika dzomuAfrica dzaitsigirwa neFrance dzakatsigira vaipandukira vakanga vawana mauto nezvombo kuna Jean Mauricheau-Beaupré, vakarwa hondo yevagari vemonehurumende yeNigeria. Pakupera kwema1960, nyika dzaitsigirwa neFrance dzakabva dzangoerekana dzasiya maonero eFrance neCôte dIvoire panyaya yehondo yevagari vemo. Vaparadzaniswa munyika yose, nyika dzose dziri mbiri dzakasarudza kumisa kubetsera kwadzo Ojukwu, uyo pakupedzisira akaenda muutapwa muCôte dIvoire. 