From the Archives: January 30th, 1970

Two weeks after the Biafran War ended 17 Irish missionaries were jailed in Nigeria for entering the former secessionist state. John Horgan explained Irish involvement in the war, from which Concern and Médecins Sans Frontières emerged






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