Reports

  • Social Action: Beyond Amnesty: 2009 Citizens Report on State and Local Government Budgets in the Niger Delta (Monday, January 25, 2010)

    This report presents analyses and monitoring reports of the 2009 state and local government budgets of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States by members, volunteers and associates of the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP).

  • United Press International: Nigeria braces for push against oil rebels (Friday, September 11, 2009)

    United Press International

    Nigeria braces for push against oil rebels
    Published: Sept. 11, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    As the mid-September deadline for a cease-fire in Nigeria's oil war approaches with no sign of a mass surrender by rebels who have shattered the country's oil production, President Umaru Yar'Adua is preparing for an all-out army offensive, according to published reports.

    Earlier offensives failed to crush the rebels, but this time Yar'Adua will have Israeli warships and trainers to help his forces operate in the swampy Niger Delta.

  • Amnesty International: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)

    This report focuses on the impact of pollution and environmental damage caused by the oil industry on the human rights of those living in the Niger Delta. It examines who is responsible for this situation in a context where multinational oil companies have been operating for decades. It highlights how companies take advantage of the weak regulatory systems that characterize many poor countries, and how the poorest people are often the most vulnerable to exploitation.