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Africa
/ 12 April 2008

Angry Nigerian youths occupy oil installation

Militant youths occupied an oil installation in restive southern Nigeria on Friday, shutting down its production of 5 000 barrels a day, officials said. The oil installation — a so-called flow station installation near Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa state — is operated by a Royal Dutch Shell joint venture in Nigeria.

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/ 13 August 2007

Hostage dies of illness in Nigeria

A foreign hostage has died of illness in the oil-producing Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, a source in the Bayelsa state government said on Sunday. The source had no details on the illness, the circumstances of the hostage’s death or his nationality, but said the body was at a hospital morgue in Yenagoa.

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Africa
/ 12 June 2007

Militants free 13 hostages in Nigerian oil delta

Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages and one Nigerian in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar’Adua. The release of the men, including one South African, five Britons and three Americans, was the latest sign of easing tensions in Africa’s top oil producer.

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Africa
/ 24 April 2007

Nigerian delta gets VP, but will it get peace?

The people of the oil-rich Niger Delta see the rise of one of their own to vice-president (VP) as an opportunity to reduce poverty and violence, although activists say time is tight. Goodluck Jonathan, governor of Bayelsa State in the delta and running mate of president-elect Umaru Yar’Adua, will carry the hopes of many in a region troubled by militancy.

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Africa
/ 7 December 2006

Nigerian gunmen attack oil hub

Nigerian gunmen in about seven speedboats attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta early on Thursday, kidnapping three Italian workers and killing a local youth, authorities said. The gunmen tried to storm Agip’s Brass terminal, which exports about 200 000 barrels per day, at 5am local time.

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