Jacobson, Antoinette2016-05-182016-05-181968-10-11http://hdl.handle.net/11209/9636"A desperate situation exists in Biafra today. It is estimated that as many as ten thousand Biafran men, women, and children are dying a day. Five months ago, the death rate was 300 a day; in July the toll had risen to 6,000 a day. With complete disregard for all humane principles, starvation is being used a s a weapon of war. If relief does not come now, an entire population, 14 million people , may perish."en-US