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Niger Delta militancy escalates around oil bunkering and elections

Armed groups, oil theft networks, and political patrons intensified violence around Warri and other Delta areas.

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2003

Niger Delta militancy escalates around oil bunkering and elections

Armed groups, oil theft networks, and political patrons intensified violence around Warri and other Delta areas.

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Armed groups, oil theft networks, and political patrons intensified violence around Warri and other Delta areas. Rights and conflict monitors linked the violence to oil rents, local elections, and ethnic claims.

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