niger delta

Beyond Amnesty: 2009 Citizens Report on State and Local Government Budgets in the Niger Delta

Daphne — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:43:21 +0000

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).

/sites/default/files/Citizens Report 2009.3.pdf

Publication Date:

Monday, January 25, 2010

The Niger Delta: Crisis Prevention or Post-conflict Reconstruction?

Sabella — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:34:46 +0000

Author:

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Events in the last three decades seem to indicate that the international community prefers post-conflict mediation and reconstruction, rather than crisis prevention. This appears to be the case especially by western governments. On the surface at least, instead of investing in crisis prevention, governments and institutions hedge their bets, measure domestic pulses, and engage in endless debates and diplomatic niceties insofar as a looming disaster is concerned.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Niger Delta: The Complexities of the Post-Amnesty Environment (part 1)

Sabella — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:18:04 +0000

Author:

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

According to the United Nations, “the collapse of state authority, erosion of basic services, marginalization and exclusion of youth and women and endemic poverty over several decades were significant contributing factors to Sierra Leone's decade of war” which lasted from1991 until 2002.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Nigerian Militants Vow to Resume Attacks Next Week

Daniel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:16:27 +0000

Author:

Associated Press

Nigerian Militants Vow to Resume Attacks Next Week

Filed at 7:22 a.m. ET

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's main militant group vowed to resume attacks after a cease-fire expires next week, while the government said Thursday that more than 8,000 militants had disarmed as part of an amnesty program.

Source:

Associated Press

Publication Date:

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Nigeria: Disarmament - Militants Name Soyinka, Akhigbe, Others Mediators

Daniel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:16:44 +0000

Author:

Paul Arhewe, Sunday Osanyintuyi and Chesa Chesa

Lagos/Abuja — Wole Soyinka was on Tuesday named by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) among those to negotiate with Abuja on disarmament, bringing credibility to the process, as well as hope of a lasting peace in the Deep South.

Others in the 'Aaron Team,' as the MEND puts it, are Mike Akhigbe, Luke Kakadu Aprezi, and Sabella Ogbobode Abidde, as well as Annkio Briggs who will liaise on its behalf with these personalities who have volunteered to ensure a just resolution of the Niger Delta question.

Source:

Daily Independent (Lagos)

Publication Date:

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Nigerian delta militant group names mediation team

Daniel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:06:39 +0000

Author:

Reuters

LAGOS (Reuters) - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta on Tuesday named a team of mediators to negotiate with the government over disarmament but said the amnesty process "lacked integrity".

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) named a team including Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka and two retired senior military officials who it said had volunteered to act as mediators on its behalf.

Source:

Reuters

Publication Date:

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Nigeria: No Mercy for Militants After October 4 - Federal Government

Daniel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:56 +0000

Author:

Adeola Yusuf, Harris-Okon Emmanuel, and Felix Igbekoyi

Lagos/Warri/Asaba — Seven days to the deadline for militants to drop their arms and accept amnesty, Abuja at the weekend warned that none would be treated with mercy after October 4.

Defence Minister and Amnesty Panel Chairman, Godwin Abbe, has reportedly foreclosed extending the deadline, as requested by some militant leaders.

A source in Aso Rock said unrepentant militants would be treated like criminals once the amnesty expires.

Source:

Daily Independent (Lagos)

Publication Date:

Monday, September 28, 2009

Nigeria braces for push against oil rebels

Daniel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:56:28 +0000

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.

http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/09/11/Nigeria-braces-for-push-against-oil-rebels/UPI-48831252684897/print/

Publication Date:

Friday, September 11, 2009

U.S. Military Involvement in Nigeria

Daniel — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:40:48 +0000

Author:

Daniel Volman

U.S. Military Involvement in Nigeria

Source:

Niger Delta Rising

Publication Date:

Monday, September 14, 2009

Nigerian Government Preparing for Imminent Military Offensive in the Delta

Daniel — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:47:31 +0000

Author:

Daniel Volman

There is mounting evidence that the government of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is set to launch a full-scale offensive in the Niger Delta when a ceasefire declared by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ends on 15 Sep 2009.

And this time, Nigerian military forces will be using special warships, helicopter gunships and troop transports, and unmanned drone intelligence planes and ships sold to Nigeria by Israeli, Malaysian, Singaporean, Dutch, and Russian companies.

Source:

Niger Delta Rising

Publication Date:

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Slipping Into Darkness

Daphne — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:48:35 +0000

Author:

Michael Watts

In the events unfolding across the oilfields of the Niger delta, the Yar’Adua government is facing one of the most profound political crises since the civil war. The Nigerian government now confronts an insurgency - there is no other word to describe the spectacular descent into militancy and state violence since the 1990s, and most especially since the dramatic emergence of MEND in late 2005 - and in turn launched a full-scale military counter-insurgency on May 13th 2009. In the decade since the Kaiama Declaration, the region has become largely ungovernable. The events of the last two months have pushed Nigeria to a tipping point.

Source:

Niger Delta Rising

Publication Date:

Monday, August 10, 2009

Delta Story - What the Niger Delta problem is all about

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:13:07 +0000

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