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Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN LAWMAKER SAYS POOR FUNDING HAMPERING NIGER DELTA OPERATIONS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 23, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian military faces a huge task in checking the growing violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a remote region of mangrove swamps. Inadequate funding is also being blamed for undermining the capacity of the military to take effective charge of security in the region. Violence in Africa's top oil producer has cut output by more than 20 percent since February, when militants fighting for regional control of the deltas oil wealth staged series of attacks on the oil industry.
The government responded by deploying thousands of soldiers to the region to check the growing militancy.
Analysts say the situation has continued ...