Located in southeastern Nigeria, the breakaway Republic of Biafra, which lasted for three years through a bitter civil war between 1967 to 1970, is largely populated by the Igbo.
Ẹ̀yà tó wà ní Gúúsù-ìwọ̀ oòrùn Nàìjíríà, tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wọn jẹ́ ọmọ Igbo gbìyànjú láti ya kúrò lára orílẹ̀-èdè nípasẹ̀ ogun abẹ́lé tí ó wáyé fún ọdún mẹ́ta láàárín ọdún 1967 sí 1970.