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Two Nigerian army soldiers stand guard in Ikang, near Calabar in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. Militants clashed with Nigerian security forces in the creeks of the oil-rich southern delta region, leaving as many as 11 people dead, militants and officials said Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta _ one of the region's most prominent militant groups _ said boats filled with Nigerian government forces ambushed its fighters late Sunday, killing 10 militants and injuring other
(photo: AP / George Osodi)
Niger army kills 17 rebels
TVNZ
Jun 28, 2008 12:26 PM | Niger said its armed forces killed 17 members of a Tuareg-led rebel group in an operation that recaptured a northern position seized by the desert insurgents a year ago. | The operation announced by the defence ministry followed the release by the rebel Niger Justice Movement...
 French Army vehicles at Kossou, Ivory Coast
(photo: French MoD file photo)
17 rebels killed in army attack: Niger
Canada Dot Com
| NIAMEY, Niger - Niger said its armed forces killed 17 members of a Tuareg-led rebel group on Friday in an operation that recaptured a northern position seized by the desert insurgents a year ago. | The operation announced by the defence ministry followed the release by the rebel Niger Justice Move...
Resolving the Niger Delta Crisis
All Africa
Three reports in the media in recent weeks portend grave implications that should bother the Nigerian political class. The first was the report that Angola, a brother African country, has overtaken Nigeria as the largest producer of crude oil in the ...
Niger Delta - House to Enact Laws On Security
All Africa
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has said that the House will continue to support the Federal Government through the enactment of relevant laws that would guarantee enduring peace, security and development in Niger ...
Why Niger Delta Summit of Stakeholders is Essential By FG
All Africa
AGAINST the background of certain misconceptions about the Summit of Stakeholders in the Niger Delta planned by the Federal Government, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua wishes to reaffirm his continued commitment to the summit as a critical first step a...
Arewa Flares Tempers in Niger Delta
All Africa
WHILE the fury over whether to attend or not attend the planned Niger-Delta Summit and tension build in the creeks over the attack and counter attacks by both the militants and security agents are still on, the Northern group, Arewa Consultative Foru...
Trade
Oil tanks of pipe-line"Druzhba" are seen in the town of Novopolotsk, 230 km north of Minsk, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Belarus, angry over Russia imposing a duty on oil exports to Belarus and over Russia's doubling its price for natural gas, on Wednesday announced it would impose an import duty of US$45 (34) per metric ton of oil that Russia ships to Western Europe. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)hg3
(photo: AP Photo / Sergei Grits)
China wins $5bn Niger oil contract  
Business Day
NIAMEY - China's state oil company has won a $5bn deal to develop oil reserves in eastern Niger in the latest major Chinese investment to secure energy resources in Africa, officials from both countries said yesterday . | Under the agreement, signed in Niamey , China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) agreed to bring into production within three years ...
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