Ibiba DonPedro
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/ 1 October 2007

Poor peace prospects for Niger Delta

Temperatures in the Niger Delta’s swelling creeks are up again following threats by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) to resume attacks on oil infrastructure and kidnapping expatriates in the area. Mend made the threats recently after the arrest in Angola of Henry Okah, aka Jomo Gbomo, the leader of the main Mend faction.

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/ 29 June 2007

First step to peace in Delta

Most people get perhaps one chance in a lifetime to make a truly grand entrance. Not so Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, the Ijaw leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force who was released on bail and returned to Port Harcourt in late June after spending 20 months in detention on charges of treason. Asari was arrested in 2005 after he said during a newspaper interview that he would work for the break-up of Nigeria.