Rebel Groups in Nigeria Rebel Groups in Nigeria - Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Deltmovement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force a People's Volunteer Force (Paperback)

Chapters: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination, Government Tompolo, Niger Delta Vigilante. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ("MEND") is one of the largest militant groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The organization exposes exploitation and oppression of the people of the Niger Delta and devastation of the natural environment by the Federal Government of Nigeria and foreign multinational corporations involved in the extraction of oil in the Niger Delta. MEND has been linked to attacks on foreign-owned petroleum companies in Nigeria as part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta, engaging in actions including sabotage, theft, property destruction, guerilla warfare, and kidnapping. MEND's stated goals are to localize control of Nigeria's oil and to secure reparations from the federal government for pollution caused by the oil industry. In an interview with one of the group's leaders, who used the alias Major-General Godswill Tamuno, the BBC reported that MEND was fighting for "total control" of the Niger Delta's oil wealth, saying local people had not gained from the riches under the ground and the region's creeks and swamps." The Economist has described the organization as one that "portrays itself as political organisation that wants a greater share of Nigerias oil revenues to go to the impoverished region that sits atop the oil. In fact, it is more of an umbrella organisation for several armed groups, which it sometimes pays in cash or guns to launch attacks." In a January 2006 email, MEND warned the oil industry, "It must be clear that the Nigerian government cannot protect your workers or asset...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=377934