In 1967, seven years after independence, Nigeria, the country with the largest population on the African continent, was on the brink of a political crisis. Delegates from both sides – the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Eastern region – claimed they did not feel safe having a meeting on both sides so they met on neutral ground in Aburi, Ghana. The meeting was the last chance to resolve the ongoing crisis. At the end of the meeting, which was certainly tense, the Aburi Agreement was born.
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