Niger Delta Pollution Will Take 30 years to Clean
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/04/niger-delta-oil-spill-clean-up-un Great reports in the Guardian and by the UN showing that: 1) The pollution in the Niger Delta will cost $1 billion and take over 30 years to clean. 2) Friends of the Earth and some Niger Delta residents are suing Shell in the Hague, in the Netherlands. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/06/shell-oil-spills-niger-delta-pollution Read the full report by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Final Interview
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Can Jonathan End the Niger Delta Crisis? Time for Outside Help?
http://www.economist.com/node/16432882?story_id=16432882&CFID=143594228&CFTOKEN=87017455 Another insightful article from the Economist asking what will become of the Niger Delta anmesty programme now that a ‘local’ man from the Delta (Goodluck Jonathan) is the President. Since the amnesty programme last year, there is little news of what became of the militants that accepted amnesty. Does the solution lie in getting [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )“Sweet Crude”: Oil in the Niger Delta
For those that have not yet had a chance to see it, there is a very good documentary film about the Niger Delta oil crisis called “Sweet Crude”. You can watch a trailer of the film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJIaremXipo – trailer The film’s Director Sandy Cioffi was also interviewed and she shares some astute thoughts and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Interview With Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Son
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son Ken Wiwa came into the public limelight after Saro-Wiwa was executed in 1995. Father and son originally had a strained relationship while Saro-Wiwa was alive. However his father’s death politicised Ken Jr and he took on a more public role. In this interview, Saro-Wiwa’s son Ken talks about his father’s campaign against [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pirates in Nigeria
For those who missed it, there was an excellent documentary on Sky One on UK television last week regarding piracy and oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. Ross Kemp (yes – he formerly of Eastenders!) travelled to Nigeria in search of pirates operating off the waterways of Lagos, and of course in the nebulous creeks [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Thousands Flee Delta Violence
From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8062315.stm
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )ISAAC ADAKA BORO AND NIGER DELTA MILITANCY
Niger Delta armed insurrection did not begin with MEND, Okah or Asari-Dokubo. Decades before them an Ijaw nationalist named Isaac Boro led an armed campaign for greater Niger Delta autonomy, resource control and self determination for the inhabitants of the Niger Delta. So who was Boro, and what was his story? The Background of Isaac [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 24 so far )NIGER DELTA MILITANTS: TERRORISTS OR FREEDOM FIGHTERS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMB9Z4t5Xc The old adage states that “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” In Nigeria’s Niger Delta the armed gangs who have mounted a years’ long armed campaign against the Nigerian federal government have so far been tagged “militants” despite a sustained campaign of vandalism against oil installations and kidnapping which has badly disrupted [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 30 so far )Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Delta, Oil and Ogonis
These videos are condensed videos from an excellent 1995 Channel 4 documentary (called “Delta Force”) on the Ogoni oil crisis. It aired a few days after Saro-Wiwa was executed. These videos cover the conflict over oil and natural resources between big oil companies, the Ogonis and the then ruthless military government in Nigeria. The videos [...]
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