Guinean War

When most of West Africa went independent in 1969, many of these countries were troubled by disputed territories. A notable example was communist Togo, which claimed part of east Ghana (known as West Togoland). Many communist guerillas linked with the Togolese and Beninese governments were already located in this region during colonial rule in the 60s. Therefore a war between Togo, Benin and Ghana broke out, this alarmed Nigeria and other capitalist states, which realized that if Ghana was defeated, then a butterfly could happen that may lead to the fall of West Africa under communism. This in turn made Biafra join since it felt threatened that the balance of the war would turn against the communist states with Nigeria's joining, and would consequently make it a two-front war.