Jirgin saman Biafra
Jirgin saman Biafra wani shiri ne na agajin jin kai na kasa da kasa wanda ke jigilar abinci da magunguna zuwa kasar Biafra a lokacin yakin ballewar Najeriya daga 1967-1970 ( Yakin Basasa na Najeriya ).Shi ne jirgin saman farar hula mafi girma kuma,bayan jirgin saman Berlin na 1948-49,jirgin sama mafi girma da ba a taɓa yin yaƙi ba kowane iri. Jirgin saman ya kasance jerin ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa na ƙungiyoyin Furotesta da Katolika,da sauran ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu (NGOs),masu gudanar da jiragen farar hula da na soja tare da ma'aikatan sa kai (mafi yawa)farar hula da ma'aikatan tallafi. Gwamnatocin kasa da dama kuma sun goyi bayan yunkurin,galibi a bayan fage.Wannan yunƙurin haɗin gwiwa,wanda ya ɗauki tsawon sau ɗaya da rabi, muddin magabacinsa na Berlin,an kiyasta ya ceci rayuka sama da miliyan ɗaya.[1]
Gwamnatin Najeriya da wasu shugabannin sojojin Najeriya sun ce barazanar kisan kiyashi kage ne kuma "batar da sharar jin kai ce".Har ila yau,sun bayyana cewa yunwa da yunwa wata manufa ce da aka yi niyya,suna masu cewa "Idan dole ne yara su mutu da farko,to hakan ya yi muni,mummuna ne," [2]da "Duk mai adalci ne a cikin yaki,kuma yunwa na daya daga cikin makaman.yaki".An dai yi zargin cewa jirgin ya samar da makamai ga kasar Biafra,amma har yanzu babu tabbas.
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Ya zuwa shekarar 1968,shekara guda da fara yakin basasar Najeriya,an ba da rahoton cewa,yara da dama ne ke mutuwa saboda yunwa,sakamakon shingen da gwamnatin mulkin sojan Najeriya (FMG) da sojoji suka yi.[3] Ya zuwa 1969 an ba da rahoton cewa sama da yara 1,000 a kowace rana na fama da yunwa.[4]Wani wakilin FMG ya ayyana, "Yunwa halaltaccen makamin yaki ne,kuma muna da dukkan niyyar amfani da shi." [5]Tare da zuwan rahotannin talabijin na duniya,a karon farko,yunwa,yunwa, da kuma mayar da martani ga miliyoyin jama'a a duniya,suna neman gwamnati da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu su shiga kokarin ceton da yawa daga yunwa zuwa mutuwa.
Halin da kasashen duniya ke yi dangane da halin da fararen hula ke ciki a yankin na 'yan aware ya banbanta.Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da galibin gwamnatocin kasashe,suna nuna rashin son shiga cikin abin da a hukumance ake dauka a matsayin al'amuran cikin gida na Najeriya,sun yi shiru kan karuwar matsalar jin kai. Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, U Thant,ya ƙi tallafa wa jirgin.[6] Matsayin Kungiyar Hadin Kan Afirka shi ne kada ta shiga cikin rikice-rikicen da mambobinta ke ganin na cikin gida da kuma tallafa wa iyakokin kasa da aka kafa a lokacin mulkin mallaka.Jam'iyyar Labour mai mulki ta Burtaniya, wacce tare da USSR ke ba da makamai ga sojojin Najeriya, [7] sun yi watsi da rahotannin yunwa a matsayin " farfagandar abokan gaba ".[8]Mark Curtis ya rubuta cewa an kuma bayar da rahoton cewa Birtaniya ta bayar da taimakon soji kan ‘yantar da filayen jiragen sama na ‘yan tawaye’,tare da fahimtar cewa lalatarsu za ta sa a daina amfani da su wajen kai agajin jin kai da rana. [9]
- ↑ Biafra Relief Heroes: remembering--in the words of those who were there..., Voice of Biafra International. Retrieved 2013-01-03
- ↑ Nigerian Colonel Atakunie, (London Economist, Aug. 24, 1968 as cited in the Village Voice Oct. 17, 1968; and San_Francisco_Chronicle, July 2) as cited in Village Voice Oct. 17, 1968. Cited in The Tragedy of Biafra, A Report by the American Jewish Congress December 1968, page 24. Retrieved 2013-01-12
- ↑ Remembering the Nightmare of Biafra, The Free Library. Retrieved 2013-01-04
- ↑ New York Times, August 24, 1969. Retrieved 2013-01-04
- ↑ Philip Gourevitch, Alms Dealers, The New Yorker, October 11, 2010. Retrieved 2013-01-02
- ↑ Roy Thomas, The Birth of CANAIRELIEF, Vanguard Magazine, September 2006[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2013-01-03
- ↑ BBC, on this day in history, 1969: Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra
- ↑ Secret papers reveal Biafra intrigue, BBC News, January 3, 2000. Retrieved 2013-01-03
- ↑ Nigeria's War Over Biafra, 1967-70, Mark Curtis. Retrieved 2013-01-02