Subscribe to RSS feedHandsome ransoms grease slide to pirate war in Nigeria
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Jan 21, 2009 12:00 AM
With all eyes on Somalia, it's unsurprising that the problem of piracy on the other side of Africa doesn't get much of a look in, at least in terms of newspaper attention.
But the situation in Nigeria is both serious and deteriorating fast.
Picking on offshore support vessels and vulnerable oil installations offers double benefits to the armed militants that undertake such actions, from a combination of claimed political grievances and straightforward...
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