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Breaking News Sun, 5 Jul 2009
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.
(photo: AP / George Osodi)
Human Rights Tragedy in Niger Delta, Says Amnesty International
Modern Ghana
By Joe DeCapua, Washington D.CAmnesty International has issued a new report saying pollution has created a "human rights tragedy" in Nigeria's Niger Delta. | The report examines oil spills, gas flaring and waste dumping by the oil industry and centers on the operations of Shell. | Marleen van Ruijve...
Niger Delta, Nigeria
(photo: Creative Commons / terry wha)
Amnesty International Says Niger Delta is a 'Human Rights Tragedy'
Voa News
| A new report by Amnesty International says the oil industry in Nigeria's Niger Delta has brought profound misery and despair to millions of people who live in the region. The group blames the Nigerian government and multinational oil companies for what it calls a "human-rights tragedy." | The repo...
Attacks Cripple Shell's Niger Delta Operations
Wall Street Journal
By OBAFEMI OREDEIN | Dow Jones Newswires | IBADAN, Nigeria--Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Saturday it was operating its many facilities in the Niger Delta with a minimum staff following the frequent attacks on its facilities in the region by militants. ...
Niger Delta Militants Threaten Trans-Saharan Pipeline
Voa News
| Members of Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta in Nigeria's Niger Delta area (file photo)The main rebel group in Nigeria's restive, oil producing Niger Delta region has made threats against a planned multi-billion-dollar pipeline proj...
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) arrives in Zinder, Niger, and is greeted by Mamadou Tandja, President of Niger.
UN / Evan Schneider
Niger referendum to go ahead
News24
| Niamey - Niger President Mamadou Tandja said on Friday he would go ahead with plans for a referendum on a new constitution that would allow him to stay on after his second five-y...
 Secretary-General Visits Niger .Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) and Mrs. Nane Annan (right) today arrive in Zinder, Niger. They are greeted by Mamadou Tandja , President of Niger.  (mb1)
UN/Evan Schneider
Opposition anger at Niger leader
BBC News
| Opponents of President Mamadou Tandja of Niger have accused him of trying to turn the country into a dictatorship. | Mr Tandja, 70, dissolved parliament hours after the constitut...
A woman raises her hands as she approaches a military checkpoint while fleeing a neighborhood where Nigerian troops had clashed with gang members, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria Friday, Aug. 17, 2007.
AP / Dan Udoh
Niger Delta War: Displaced Out Of Aid Workers' Reach
Modern Ghana
Aid agencies are unable to access an area in the Niger Delta where more than 2,000 people are believed to be hiding in the bush after a military offensive against militants forced ...
 Tandja names Niger's new constitutional court
Independent online
| Niamey - Niger's president Mamadou Tandja has named new members of the constitutional court, after having dissolved the previous court - a move that triggered global criticism. | Former justice minister Boube Oumarou will head the seven-strong cour...
Country profile: Niger
BBC News
| A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger endured austere military rule for much of its post-independence history and is rated by the UN as one of the world's least-developed nations. | The drought-prone country sometimes struggles...
Trade
 Militants wearing black masks, military fatigues and carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, in this Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 file photo. A Nigerian militant group said
(photo: AP /George Osodi)
Niger Delta Fumble
Wall Street Journal
By RICHARD MONCRIEFF From today's Wall Street Journal Europe. | After five years of serious unrest in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the government in Abuja is launching a major security crackdown to bring order to the area. The unrest in an oil-producing region in a major west African state is a serious problem both inside and outside the coun...
Human Rights
Niger Delta, Nigeria
(photo: Creative Commons / terry wha)
Amnesty International Says Niger Delta is a 'Human Rights Tragedy'
Voa News
| A new report by Amnesty International says the oil industry in Nigeria's Niger Delta has brought profound misery and despair to millions of people who live in the region. The group blames the Nigerian government and multinational oil companies for what it calls a "human-rights tragedy." | The report titled "Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the...



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