A member of the Nigerian navy patrols an oil depot alongside pipelines damaged in an attack by Niger delta militants, in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, July 13, 2009. Nigeria's main militant group said Monday it set fire to an oil depot and loading tankers in the country's populous economic center of Lagos, marking the first attack by the group outside the restive Niger Delta region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)From Yahoo News/AP:
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A truce called by Nigeria's leading militant group may provide a brief respite in a conflict crippling Africa's biggest oil producer but is unlikely to end the fight unless the government addresses decades-old grievances such as pollution, underdevelopment, corruption and lack of freedom.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has been attacking oil installations, kidnapping petroleum company employees and fighting government troops since January 2006 in what it calls a protest against the unrelenting poverty of people in the Niger Delta. Nigeria's military has fighting a losing battle against opponents using guerrilla tactics in an intricate network of lagoons, creeks, estuaries and mangrove swamps stretching across a million square miles — home to several minority groups and some of Africa's largest oil deposits.
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My Comment: This assessment is dead on in outlining the problems and difficulties of resolving this oil war between the Nigerian Government and the people who live in Nigeria's oil rich regions.
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