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Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria arrests 'Avengers' oil militants
2016-05-17
[BBC] The Nigerian army has enjugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
 several suspected members of a Death Eater group called the "Niger Delta Avengers" (NDA), thought to be behind recent attacks on oil pipelines in the south.

The country's oil production has been severely disrupted by the attacks.

US oil giant Chevron shut down an offshore platform this month after an attack claimed by the Avengers group.

Many turbans joined an amnesty programme in 2009 after an insurgency in the oil-rich delta region.

Nigeria has long been Africa's largest oil producer, but its economy is currently facing difficulties due to the recent drop in global oil prices.
Before that it faced difficulties for other reasons, and afterward it will be for different reasons still. But always there will be reasons, and very reasonable ones they always will be.
Posted by:Fred

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