PETROLEUM, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE ECONOMICS OF NATIONALISM IN THE NIGER DELTA
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The Niger Delta conflict has come into global limelight for some time. The indigenes
of the area have agitated over the sordid acts of ecocide and the absence
of physical development. In recent months, several factors have added a
dangerous twi st to the crisis. They include organized militia formations, the
most notorious of which is the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger
Delta (MEND); expanding nature militia o perations, including their attacks of
Niger Delta and non-Delta targets of national strategic importance such as the
oil install ations; the July 2009 attack of the Lagos Atlas Cove; and kidnapping
of expatriates working in the oil fields. This chapter reviews the various dimensions
and manifestations of the crisis and makes a number of recommendations
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H Social Sciences (General), JZ International relations