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Nigeria: Angry Youths Occupy Oil Installation

DOI 11 April 2008

AP (YENAGOA)— On 11 April 2008, Shell spokeswoman Caroline Wittgen said that militant youths occupied a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil installation in southern Nigeria, shutting down its production of 5,000 barrels a day. The rising numbers of militant attacks cut about 20 percent of Nigeria’s normal petroleum output, and help send oil prices toward all-time highs. Militant leader Henry Okah is on trial for treason and other crimes, and the main militant group is promising further attacks.

Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/11/africa/AF-GEN-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php

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