Nigerians Protest Against French President Charles de Gaulle’s Support For The Biafra Breakaway 🇳🇬🇳🇬

During the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), France supported breakaway Biafra, but only on a limited scale, providing mercenaries and obsolete weaponry. De Gaulle's goals were to protect its nearby ex-colonies from Nigeria, to stop Soviet advances, and to acquire a foothold in the oil-rich Niger delta.

Around 200 workers staged an eight-mile march to the French Embassy in Lagos. Police cordoned off the embassy from the demonstrators who burnt a French Tricolor flag. There were calls for Nigeria to break off diplomatic relations with France and to seize French assets if France actively supported Biafra. The marchers handed a note to the French Embassy urging President de Gaulle to stop his "provocative interference" in the Nigerian crisis.
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