The previous issue of International Review gave a table recapitulating to the end of December 1968 the relief activities undertaken by the ICRC in Nigeria and the secessionist province (Biafra), as well as the donations in cash and in kind which enabled it to continue and extend those activities. These cover various fields, and we now wish to explain some aspects. We would first mention that the appeal launched by the ICRC for financial support for its operation produced the sum of 40 million Swiss francs by the end of January 1969.