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  • Opinion: The oil money brouhaha: euphoria has turned to despair. 30 Nov 2009 16:47 GMT
    ... highest decibel by the report that the Niger Delta notorious militants from Nigeria –who are ... the rest of his country men and women are just getting by. Look at the legacy ... in the system can always, easily fuel violence. In Nigeria it’s a well-known fact that ...

  • Three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania 30 Nov 2009 13:25 GMT
    ... recent years. The two men and a woman from a Spanish NGO, Barcelona Acción Solidaria, were ... it imploded in a spate of internecine violence and state assassinations. AQIM is estimated to ... and other symbols of government authority in Niger, Mauritania and Algeria, with the ultimate aim ...

  • Spanish aid workers kidnapped 30 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... recent years. The two men and a woman from a Spanish NGO, Barcelona Acción Solidaria, were ... it imploded in a spate of internecine violence and state assassinations. AQIM is estimated to ... and other symbols of government authority in Niger, Mauritania and Algeria, with the ultimate aim ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta (Yesterday) 28 Nov 2009 06:33 GMT
    ... Barring that, they say, they expect renewed violence to once again imperil the Delta's people ... anonymity, following protocol, said, "Kidnappings and other violent incidents are still occurring quite regularly, but are ... cars dotted the road. "They were grabbing women," said Rita Briggs, a store owner whose ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta (Today) 27 Nov 2009 09:03 GMT
    ... Barring that, they say, they expect renewed violence to once again imperil the Delta's people ... anonymity, following protocol, said, "Kidnappings and other violent incidents are still occurring quite regularly, but are ... cars dotted the road. "They were grabbing women," said Rita Briggs, a store owner whose ...

  • Amnesty in Niger Delta Settles Insurgency, but Poverty Could Imperil the Peace 27 Nov 2009 02:21 GMT
    ... Barring that, they say, they expect renewed violence to once again imperil the Delta's people ... anonymity, following protocol, said, “Kidnappings and other violent incidents are still occurring quite regularly, but are ... cars dotted the road. “They were grabbing women,” said Rita Briggs, a store owner whose ...

  • Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta 27 Nov 2009 02:31 GMT
    ... Barring that, they say, they expect renewed violence to once again imperil the Delta's people ... anonymity, following protocol, said, “Kidnappings and other violent incidents are still occurring quite regularly, but are ... cars dotted the road. “They were grabbing women,” said Rita Briggs, a store owner whose ...

  • Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
    ... Session Alarmed at the increase in racist violence and xenophobic ideas in many parts of ... and redefined notions around gender, thereby re-classifying women and men. Moreover, the Special Rapporteur had ... mandate by propagating the Yogyakarta Principles in violation of article 12, which said that, given ...

  • African Commission Briefs the Press 27 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... constitutional order as is the case in Niger and the reaction that this may generate, ... to point out the specter of electoral violence which results in all kinds of suffering for ... She also talked about the situation of women and the girl child and more specially the ...

  • In Katsina, Tasiu's Death Sparks Off Controversy [analysis] 25 Nov 2009 09:14 GMT
    ... after the commissioner had left; a police woman called them inside the commissioner's office and ordered ... named Dangidan Rabe of Gazawa village in Niger Republic, being used by Tasi and the ... a vehicle and died. Determined to create violence, a fight was ignited at Mashi, leading ...

  • First hand account of organizing women in Nigeria 22 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... of the lifting is being done by women. Grass-roots women’s movements -- progressing often almost ... oil companies are drilling -- in the Niger Delta. Here we have Shell, we have ... escalation of all manner of conflict and violence in the Niger Delta. It’s all about power ...

  • Don't Exclude Leaders in Resolving Niger Delta Crisis, Says Ohakim 23 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... As federal government continues its implementation of post amnesty ... resources; (c) oppression, exploitation and exclusion of women; (d) lack of infrastructure; (e) irresponsibility of ... to, provided the basis for escalation of violent agitation in the Niger Delta, till the recent ...

  • Jonathan, wife to host Ijaw students in Abuja 24 Nov 2009 11:18 GMT
    ... host to the National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) whose bi-annual convention is billed ... Action: Physical Development and Empowerment Will Stop Violence. In a statement signed by Comrade Joseph ... Blind Students Association, Niger Delta Professionals, Ijaw Women Leadership Forum, Tuku Educational Foundation, Ijaw Youths ...


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