[news] Conflict Over Oil Expands: Nigerian People Declares Total War on Oil Interests

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

|BBC News International| Feb. 17, 2006|

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has given oil companies and their employees until midnight on Friday night to leave the region. The movement wants greater control of the oil wealth produced on their land, because despite the money generated from oil, many people still live in poverty and are bullied by government supported military action and occupation on behalf of Shell.

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