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Africa Subsaharan |
Nigeria: Militants Target Agip and Shell |
2006-12-19 |
(AKI) - Militants demanding greater control of oil revenues in Nigeria targeted the facilities of two foreign oil companies on Monday. An explosion reportedly hit a residential compound of ![]() Three Italians abducted by gunmen on 7 December in Nigeria's Niger Delta are still being detained. The men work for a subsidiary of Italian energy company ENI Spa Niger Delta members include militants allegedly fighting for a greater share of oil wealth to criminal gangs demanding ransoms for hostages. Oil-worker kidnappings are common and most captives are freed unharmed. Nigeria is the eighth biggest exporter of crude in the world but the country has been losing over 500,000 barrells per day since the beginning of this year when militants carried out a number of raids on oil installations to demand control of the oil wealth. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 sounds like a job for Blackwater |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-12-19 08:20 |