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Article: NIGERIA: SLOW START FOR NIGER DELTA AMNESTY
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- August 11, 2009
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Sam Olukoya
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-11-2009
LAGOS, Aug. 10, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Nigeria's president Umaru
Yar'Adua is embarking on an ambitious move to end armed insurgency
in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region.
Under a government initiative which started on Aug, 6, militants
in the region have 60 days to hand over their arms in return for
a presidential amnesty, unconditional pardon and reintegration
programme.
As the first week of the amnesty period draws to a close, only
a few weapons have been handed over at designated screening
centres.
"The arms are only being delivered to the screening centres in
trickles," says Patrick Naagbanton, an activist who monitors the
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