On this day, 55 years ago, January 12, 1970 (December 5, 1969 in the lunar calendar), the Nigerian Civil War ended. Hungry women and children On January 12, 1970, Nigeria's 31-month civil war ended. The Biafra separatists surrendered after their leader, General Vodumegu-Ojugu, fled. Two million people were made homeless during the civil war, including an entire generation of Igbo children. During the civil war, the international community dispatched dozens of flights every night to provide food relief to Biafra refugees, but thousands of people still starved to death every day. According to estimates by the Red Cross, by the end of the civil war, there were 5 million Biafra refugees in Biafra. Hungry. Hell on earth, Biafra