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We reached the edge of the oil spill near the Nigerian village of Otuegwe after a long hike through cassava plantations. Ahead of us lay swamp. We waded into the warm tropical water and began swimming, cameras and notebooks held above our heads. We could.
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The government’s amnesty programme whereby militants in the Niger delta are to be disarmed and rehabilitated with a stipend, job training and a micro-credit loan,...
made popular Apr 24 2010
Nigeria — A wary peace has settled over this strategic region, a major world oil supplier and for years a combustible nexus of third world militancy, deprivation and...
made popular Nov 27 2009
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the main rebel group in southern Nigeria, said it had set a pumping station of US oil giant Chevron on...
made popular Jun 10 2009
The case, in which the company was accused of backing a campaign of repression conducted by Nigeria’s former military government in the oil-rich Niger Delta...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has passed a resolution urging President Umaru Yar’Adua to extend the biggest military operation for years in the Niger...
made popular May 22 2009
Trash litters its cities. Electricity is sporadic at best. There is no clean water. Medical and educational services are limited. Basic infrastructure is severely...
made popular Dec 12 2008
Since this week began, militants in the Oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria have started blowing up oil installations in the region in a campaign tagged the...
made popular Sep 19 2008
In the past three years, Nigeria has recorded its highest cases of abduction in the Niger Delta region by the Militant Youths of the Nigeria Delta, though most of the...
made popular Aug 12 2008
Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region have sabotaged two pipelines belonging to the Dutch oil company, Royal Dutch Shell.
The militant Movement for the...
made popular Jul 29 2008
Under cover of night dozens of barges queue up to dock at a jetty in a creek somewhere in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta.Their holds are filled with stolen oil...
made popular Jul 28 2008
The Niger Delta holds some of the world’s richest oil deposits, yet Nigerians living there are poorer than ever, violence is rampant, and the land and water are...
made popular Feb 8 2007
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