Article: Roundup: Peace still elusive in Niger Delta as militants leader declared wanted

Transcript: JTF COMMANDER SAYS U.S. RELIEF OPERATIONS IN ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  March 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFPN) -- Operation Atlas Response is in high gear and fully prepared to sustain its mission of providing humanitarian assistance in Mozambique, said the commander of U.S. forces working to restore hope to flood victims of this southern African nation. This has been a

Article: Nigerian military to remain in Niger Delta: ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2009 ;     342 words ... ... military to remain in Niger Delta: official LAGOS, Oct ... operating in the troubled Niger Delta region, the Joint Military ... Tuesday. Sarkin Bello, JTF commander, said the task force ... installations in the Niger Delta and that instructions ...

Article: Nigeria: Niger Delta Youths Blow Up Oil Pipeline.
TendersInfo;  January 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Violence resurfaced in the Niger Delta region at the weekend ... Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), declared ... Abubakar quoted the JTF Commander, Brig-Gen Naven ... not carried out by Niger-Delta militants, though ...

Article: Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria -- By Bosen ... foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost ... groups have since mushroomed in the Niger Delta and have taken advantage of the ...

Article: Niger Delta: THE TRUE STORY
New African;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... dependent on resources existing in the Niger Delta where the mere whisper of unrest sends ... threaten Nigeria's oil production. The Niger Delta is a vast system of wetlands and forests ... geographic definition. Today, however, the Niger Delta is more widely referred to as a political ...

Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA MILITANTS ISSUE NEW ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it intends to spread its ... questions of the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta region. He told VOA that the problem of the Niger Delta is a Nigeria problem. "The other regions ...

Article: NIGERIA: SLOW START FOR NIGER DELTA AMNESTY
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... insurgency in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region. Under a government initiative ... monitors the inflow of small arms into the Niger Delta. "The quantity of arms being turned ... reflect the high number of arms in the Niger Delta." Militants unimpressed That few weapons ...