I know we are all completely consumed by the election on Tuesday, but to give you a break from that highly topical narrative, here is something completely different to punctuate your thoughts with. It is an article I recently wrote about the last flight out of Uli. It was literally the very last dying breath of a small nation crushed by war and starvation, sustained only by a few Christian organisations and a brave Rhodesian gunrunner. I was privileged to interview two of the men who were on this 'suicide' flight and the breath-taking drama of their experience is beyond the realm of wildest fiction...
https://www.alanbrough.com/his....tory/the-last-flight
#biafra #jackmalloch #uliairlift #airtransafrica

The last flight out of Uli - Alan Brough
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The last flight out of Uli - Alan Brough

As Biafra collapsed its sole remaining airstrip at Uli became the only hope of escape and survival for what was left of the starving population. In desperation they all converged on this bomb battered 'dominion of hell itself' with the Nige