Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta Managing the Complex Politics of Petroviolence

• Other Authors: Obi, Cyril (Editor), Rustad, Siri Aas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2011
• Series: Africa Now
• Subjects: Politics & government; Nigeria; Energy resources; Petroleum industry; International trade; Transnational corporations; Geopolitics; Responsibility; Governance; Corruption; Political crisis; Ethnic conflicts; Dispute settlement; Human rights violations; Political violence; Protest movements; Conflict management; Political conditions; Niger Delta
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The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drive...