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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
