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Article: Nigerian reconciliation committee meets on conflict in oil-rich Niger Delta
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 15, 2004
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Nigerian reconciliation committee meets on conflict in oil-rich
Niger Delta
ABUJA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's committee on the
reconciliation process in the Niger Delta met here Friday aimed at
ending conflict between the Nigerian government and rebel groups in
the oil-rich region.
The meeting, chaired by Chief of Staff General Abdullahi Mohammed,
was attended by Governor Peter Odili of Rivers, and senior
representatives of all the security agencies, the Ijaw Youth Council
and other militia groups.
The committee established following the truce agreed upon on Oct.
1 between the government and the two Niger Delta militia groups --
the Niger Delta ...