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Nigeria
Soldiers to step in for ex-militants in guarding pipelines

Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, is going to get the [...]

Published on 15/09/2015 at 08:01 GMT

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Ex-MEND leader Tompolo struggles to curtail oil theft

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Tompolo, then MEND leader, in 2009, with Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua, accepting amnesty.

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Niger Delta: Buhari keeps the amnesty program

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Paul Boroh thinks of post-amnesty times in the Delta

The Nigerian president’s special adviser on amnesty in the Niger Delta, retired colonel Paul Boroh is putting the final touches [...]

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Paul Boroh, Buhari's new point man in the Niger Delta

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A spotlight on Buhari's oil talks in Paris

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The cancellation of maritime security contracts since Muhammadu Buhari came [...]

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Danjuma threatens to jail MEND leaders

Theophilus Danjuma, former defence minister under Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2003) and founding president of the firm South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro), recently [...]

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nigeria
Soldiers to step in for ex-militants in guarding pipelines

Nigeria
Ex-MEND leader Tompolo struggles to curtail oil theft

Nigeria
How Buhari managed to make peace with Delta king and ex-MEND leader Tompolo

Spotlight | Nigeria
Delta State militants change tack to move into oil security

Nigeria
Political standoff on Mambila hydropower project

Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari also faces militant unrest in Niger Delta

Nigeria
Buhari’s road map for the Niger Delta

Nigeria
Alvin Oyegun Cockman symbolizes post-MEND generation

Nigeria
Niger Delta: Buhari keeps the amnesty program

Nigeria
Paul Boroh thinks of post-amnesty times in the Delta

Nigeria
Paul Boroh, Buhari's new point man in the Niger Delta

Nigeria
A spotlight on Buhari's oil talks in Paris

Spotlight | Nigeria
Fresh team raring to go on the oil front

Nigeria
MEND’s leaders turn up heat on Buhari

Nigeria
Danjuma threatens to jail MEND leaders