Most nigerians do not remember their country's civil war. A large majority were born years after the 30-month fight . between Nigeria and the breakaway region of Biafra, which ended when the secessionists surrendered in 1970. Yet over the past month independence protests have erupted in cities across the southeast, where the self-declared state once was. Agitators say that this time they will not be beaten. "Biafra is a country to be restored," declares one of them. "We are determined to fight to the end."
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