Article: Nigeria sets up committee on conflicts in oil-rich Niger Delta

Article: EU decries spate of violence in Nigeria's oil rich ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 3, 2004 ;     523 words ...EU decries spate of violence in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta LAGOS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Concerned over the violence in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region and its disruption to oil operations, the European ...

Article: German oil worker kidnapped in oil-rich Niger ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 4, 2006 ;     437 words ... ... oil worker kidnapped in oil-rich Niger Delta LAGOS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua ... Port Harcourt city in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Thursday, police said ... militants have occurred in the oil-rich Niger Delta, which have forced the largest ...

Article: Nigeria works out plan to resolve oil-rich Niger ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 19, 2006 ;     518 words ...Nigeria works out plan to resolve oil-rich Niger Delta crisis LAGOS, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian ... nine-point package plan to resolve the restive oil-rich Niger Delta crisis, local newspaper Vanguard reported Wednesday ...

Article: Nigerian troops kill 15 in troubled oil-rich Niger ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Nigerian troops kill 15 in troubled oil-rich Niger Delta LAGOS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- About 15 people were ... Itsekiri ethnic groups in Nigeria's troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region, the report warned. The six affected communities ...

Article: Britain engaged in development of Nigeria's oil-rich ...
Xinhua News Agency;  September 13, 2004 ;     443 words ... ... Britain engaged in development of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region LAGOS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian ... the execution of developmental projects in the oil-rich Niger Delta region in the south of the African country. Ahmed ...

Article: Nigerian militants say 3 soldiers killed in oil-rich ...
Xinhua News Agency;  March 25, 2006 ;     538 words ...Nigerian militants say 3 soldiers killed in oil-rich Niger delta LAGOS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian militants ... encounter with government troops in the southern oil-rich Niger Delta. "We wish to confirm an incident involving a patrol ...

Article: Ijaw group accuses Nigerian army of massacre in oil-rich ...
AP Worldstream;  March 13, 2004 ;     484 words ... ... fire on a village in the oil-rich Niger Delta this week, killing 51 people ... city of Warri, the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities group said ... in the impoverished but oil-rich Niger Delta. Ijaws, with a population of ...