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Article: Oil and blood: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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- August 28, 2008
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LAURA BERGER
Jerusalem Post
08-28-2008
Headline: Oil and blood: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Byline: LAURA BERGER
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Thursday, August 28, 2008 -- Port Harcourt, a sprawling "oil city" in the Niger Delta with more than 1.3 million residents, has seen a significant drop in oil production over the past two years due to a campaign of violence being conducted by militia and vigilante groups against the many multi-national companies doing business there.
Gang violence there first became a major concern in 1999, when political candidates paid armed youths to help sway elections through intimidation and violence, an occurrence that was repeated during subsequent elections ...