Separatister tar på sig oljeattack i Nigerdeltat
Rebeller har attackerat en större oljeledning vid Nigerdeltat, bekräftar myndigheterna för Reuters.
– Vi hörde flera attacker i går kväll, säger en talesperson i nigerianska delstaten Bayelsa.
En grupp som kallar sig Niger Delta Avengers har tagit på sig dådet.
”Någonting stort kommer att hända”, twittrar gruppen, som tagit på sig attacker tidigare och som säger sig kämpa för Nigerdeltats självständighet.
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Wikipedia (en)
The current conflict in the Niger Delta arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw. Ethnic and political unrest has continued throughout the 1990s despite the conversion to democracy and the election of the Obasanjo government in 1999. Competition for oil wealth has fueled violence between many ethnic groups, causing the militarization of nearly the entire region by ethnic militia groups as well as Nigerian military and police forces (notably the Nigerian Mobile Police). From 2004, violence hit also oil industry with piracy and kidnappings. In 2009, a presidential amnesty program accompanied with support and training of ex-militants proved to be a success. Thus until 2011, victims of crimes were fearful of seeking justice for crimes committed against them because of a failure to prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses.
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