http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Niger_DeltaFind stories, videos, and photos about Niger Delta from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:09:47 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/pictet.photos.shortlist.2009/tztop.pictet.fullset.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Niger_Delta14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Niger Delta from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/pictet.photos.shortlist.2009/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/pictet.photos.shortlist.2009/index.html#cnnSTCTextLast year's inaugural Prix Pictet photography award for environmental sustainability produced a stunning shortlist of photos.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/25/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/25/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe crowd of young men gathered around as police officers unloaded a small arsenal from the bed of a truck: buckets of bullets, boxes and boxes of machine guns and rocket launchers.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/17/nigeria.central.bank/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/17/nigeria.central.bank/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria's Central Bank governor has injected more than $2.5 billion into five Nigerian banks and fired their managing directors and has vowed to hold bank officers to high professional and ethical standards.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/nigeria.rebels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/nigeria.rebels/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigerian militants threatened to end their cease-fire not long after it began Wednesday because they claimed the government was threatening one of their camps.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/10/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/10/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe imprisoned leader of the Nigerian militant group MEND has accepted an unconditional amnesty offer from the government, his lawyer said Friday.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/08/nigeria.delta.sabotage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/08/nigeria.delta.sabotage/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nigerian militant group claimed Wednesday it sabotaged oil pipelines in the country's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, but the country's military denies the assertion.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/06/niger.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/06/niger.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigerian militants said Monday they had blown up an oil pipeline and captured six crew members of a chemical tanker.Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/01/nigeria.amnesty.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/01/nigeria.amnesty.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate."Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.militants.oil.pipeline/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.militants.oil.pipeline/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria's main militant group said Friday it destroyed another oil pipeline owned and operated by a foreign company in the Niger Delta region.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/15/nigeria.militants.football/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/15/nigeria.militants.football/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria's main militant group issued a veiled threat Monday against an upcoming world football tournament that is tentatively scheduled to take place in the west African nation later this year.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/12/nigeria.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/12/nigeria.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nigerian militant group said Friday that it has freed a British hostage.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/nigeria.militants.oil.platforms/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/nigeria.militants.oil.platforms/index.html#cnnSTCTextA militant group operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria said Monday that it had destroyed several major oil pipelines in response to a military offensive.Mon, 25 May 2009 10:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.militants.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.militants.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria's military has rescued 18 hostages held by militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, a military spokesman said Monday.Mon, 18 May 2009 13:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/13/nigeria.militants.oil.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/13/nigeria.militants.oil.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting erupted Wednesday between Nigerian soldiers and armed militants in the country's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, both sides said.Wed, 13 May 2009 16:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/piracy.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/piracy.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTextIncident details: "Armed pirates chased, boarded and hijacked a fishing trawler underway" southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia. "Several persons armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machetes attempting to climb onboard with use of rope" at Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/nigeria.oil.poverty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/nigeria.oil.poverty/index.html#cnnSTCTextResidents of this small town in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region fled after fighting over scant resources reduced their homes to rubble and turned their neighbors into foes.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/11/pip.nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/11/pip.nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTextTrash litters its cities. Electricity is sporadic at best. There is no clean water. Medical and educational services are limited. Basic infrastructure is severely lacking.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/28/nigeria.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/28/nigeria.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rebel group in Nigeria said it sabotaged two oil pipelines in southern Nigeria on Monday.Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/23/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/23/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nigerian militant group issued a statement Wednesday saying it will destroy major oil pipelines "within the next 30 days" to disassociate itself from a government pipeline protection deal.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/nigeria.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/nigeria.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeaders in a volatile region of Nigeria have agreed to participate in government-backed talks intended to stop attacks on the country's oil industry, a government spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/22/nigeria.rebels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/22/nigeria.rebels/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nigerian rebel movement blamed for an number of recent attacks on the African country's oil industry announced a unilateral truce Sunday after an appeal for negotiations by tribal leaders.Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/nigeria.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTextOil production was shut down at an offshore Nigerian facility after an armed attack Thursday by a powerful militant group from the Delta region, Shell said.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/26/nigeria.pipeline/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/26/nigeria.pipeline/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rebel group that has been attacking oil pipelines in southern Nigeria claimed responsibility on Monday for another strike and said it killed 11 government soldiers in fighting that followed the sabotage.Mon, 26 May 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/23/gasprices.nigeria/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/23/gasprices.nigeria/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence in oil-rich southern Nigeria is having a ripple effect thousands of miles away -- at gas stations in the United States.Fri, 23 May 2008 12:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715308,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715308,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBetween speculators and Asian demand, petroleum prices aren't likely to return to what they were just five years ago: $25 a barrelThu, 21 Feb 2008 22:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/03/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/03/markets/oil/index.htmOil traders awaited an inventory report early Thursday that could push crude prices back to the $100 mark and continue a six-year, five-fold spike in oil prices driven by surging demand and limited supply.Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/17/nigeria.violence.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/17/nigeria.violence.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Friday in the heart of Nigeria's oil region, where security forces and gang members have clashed in battles that left dozens feared dead.Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/09/nigeria.kidnapping/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/09/nigeria.kidnapping/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree-year-old British girl Margaret Hill is recovering in Nigeria after she was released by kidnappers who had held her for four days.Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/06/markets/bc.markets.oil.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/06/markets/bc.markets.oil.reut/index.htmCrude gained $1.00 Friday to settle at $72.81, the highest settlement since Aug. 22, 2006, as Nigerian disruptions and OPEC output cuts stirred supply concerns amid rising U.S. refiner demand.Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/06/nigeria.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/06/nigeria.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen who kidnapped a 3-year-old British girl in Nigeria have demanded money and talks to secure her release are about to start, the girl's mother said on Friday. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/04/markets/bc.markets.oil.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/04/markets/bc.markets.oil.reut/index.htmOil edged higher Wednesday, supported by low U.S. fuel inventories and expectations of strong gasoline demand in the world's top consumer.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/19/markets/oil.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/19/markets/oil.reut/index.htmOil prices were flat Tuesday, hovering near a 10-month high posted in the previous session on concerns that a strike call in Nigeria could further cut crude output in the world's eighth-biggest oil exporter.Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/25/nigeria.kidnappings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/25/nigeria.kidnappings/index.htmlThe U.S. State Department confirmed that seven people were kidnapped in Nigeria, three of them U.S. citizens, but offered few details.Sat, 26 May 2007 03:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/09/nigeria.abductions/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/09/nigeria.abductions/index.htmlFour Americans working off the coast of southern Nigeria were abducted by unknown kidnappers overnight, an oil company official said Wednesday.Wed, 09 May 2007 09:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/25/nigeria.elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/25/nigeria.elections/index.htmlJust days after a presidential election marred by accusations of violence, fraud and voter intimidation, CNN's Isha Sesay sat down with Nigerian ruler Olusegun Obasanjo. In the exclusive interview, the former general defended the election and his administration's record on battling corruption. With just weeks remaining in office he reflects on his eight-year rule and looks forward to returning to his family farm.Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/19/magazines/fortune/nigeriahostage.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/19/magazines/fortune/nigeriahostage.fortune/index.htmBlesso Amakiri, a logistics manager at Smit Nigeria in Port Harcourt, canceled an order for a new SUV in early March. Amakiri, 42, whose company operates tugboats in the oil-rich Niger River delta, reckoned he might be laid off, now that more than a fifth of Nigeria's oil production has been shut down by unrest in the region. Late last month he lost his job.Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/philippines.nigeria/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/philippines.nigeria/index.htmlTwenty-four recently freed Filipino hostages safely arrived home to Manila Saturday after militants held them captive for 25 days in a clandestine jungle camp in Nigeria.Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/13/nigeria.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/13/nigeria.hostages/index.htmlA group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/nigeria.reaction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/nigeria.reaction/index.htmlA Nigerian government spokesman on Monday accused CNN of paying for and staging a report that showed 24 Filipino hostages being held by masked gunmen in the remote mangrove swamps of southern Nigeria.Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/philippines.nigeria/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/philippines.nigeria/index.htmlThe Philippine government strongly hinted Friday it would approve the payment of ransoms to win the freedom of 26 Filipino hostages missing or kidnapped in Nigeria.Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/06/btsc.koinange.nigeria/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/06/btsc.koinange.nigeria/index.htmlSplashing across the murky waters of southern Nigeria in a speedboat, I suddenly found myself in one of the scariest positions of my journalistic career: masked militants firing machine guns at me and my crew.Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/06/nigeria.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/06/nigeria.hostages/index.htmlIn the remote mangrove swamps of southern Nigeria, 24 Filipino hostages appeared frightened and disheveled. Around them, dozens of militants, dressed in black and wearing black ski masks, danced wildly and fired their automatic weapons into the air.Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:11:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/13/markets/oil_eia/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/13/markets/oil_eia/index.htmOil prices climbed back above $64 barrel, then settled below that level after a government report revealed a bigger than forecast drop in crude stocks along with a jump in inventories of other products.Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:26:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/23/markets/oil_eia/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/23/markets/oil_eia/index.htmOil prices fell over $1 Wednesday after the government reported a high level of domestic petroleum supplies and tensions eased with Iran over its nuclear program.Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/03/Nigeria.German/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/03/Nigeria.German/index.htmlA German oil contractor was kidnapped Thursday in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt in the southeast Niger Delta region, police said.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:07:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/markets/oil_eia/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/markets/oil_eia/index.htmOil prices moved higher Wednesday after the government said supplies of gasoline fell far more than expected.Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379268/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379268/index.htmOn April 29, a call from a mobile phone detonated a car bomb near an oil refinery in the southern Nigerian city of Warri. No one was killed, but the effects of the blast were felt as far away as Be... Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/07/skorea.kidnappings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/07/skorea.kidnappings/index.htmlNigerian militants on Wednesday staged a bloody attack on an oil facility in the Port Harcourt area, abducting five South Korean oil workers to be held until two imprisoned local leaders are freed from jail, militants told CNN.Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/nigeria.kidnapping/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/nigeria.kidnapping/index.htmlThree foreign oil workers kidnapped in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt have been freed, the Italian oil and gas company Eni SPA said Friday, according to Italian media.Thu, 11 May 2006 18:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/29/nigeria.blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/29/nigeria.blast/index.htmlNigerian militants claimed Saturday that they detonated a car bomb outside an oil refinery in Warri.Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/18/nigeria.abductions/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/18/nigeria.abductions/index.htmlA Nigerian group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of nine foreign workers during its attack on an oil facility Saturday.Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:57:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/21/markets/oil_eia/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/21/markets/oil_eia/index.htmOil prices held steady before climbing further above $58 a barrel Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration reported that crude stockpiles rose, but that the supply of distillates used for heating fell.Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/nigeria.shell/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/nigeria.shell/index.htmlInternational oil giant Shell said Thursday it has been forced to suspend some exports of 110,000 barrels a day because of community unrest in the Niger River Delta in Nigeria.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/01/nigeria.ceasefire/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/01/nigeria.ceasefire/index.htmlThe Nigerian government has signed a cease-fire with three rebel groups that had been targeting foreign oil companies and their workers in the Niger Delta region, government officials said Friday.Fri, 01 Oct 2004 20:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/28/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/28/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices closed at record highs for a third straight session on Tuesday, despite a pledge to increase production by Saudi Arabia, a top exporter in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/27/nigeria.rebels/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/27/nigeria.rebels/index.htmlThe Nigerian rebel group fighting government troops in the oil-rich Niger delta has warned it will launch "all-out war on the Nigerian state" from October 1 and advised all oil companies to shut production by then.Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/27/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/27/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices reached a record $50 a barrel on Monday as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight worldwide energy market.Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/11/nigeria.shell/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/11/nigeria.shell/index.htmlRoyal Dutch/Shell has taken responsibility for contributing to the fighting and corruption in oil-rich Nigeria.Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75405/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75405/index.htmSIR PETER HOLMES has a way of brushing death aside. He stepped on a land mine while serving with the British Army in Korea 40 years ago but escaped with minor injuries. Last summer he walked away f...Mon, 26 Aug 1991 04:01:00 EDT