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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Jun 10, 2016, 09:22 AM Jun 2016

Nigeria army 'killed Biafra protesters'

Nigeria's military has killed at least 17 supporters of Biafran independence, according to Amnesty International.

The rights group called on Nigeria's government to investigate the deaths in the south-eastern city of Onitsha last month.

The Nigerian military described the claims as unfounded and misleading.

At least one million people died in the 1967-70 civil war started by Biafran secessionists. Protests have resumed over the past year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36497380

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