Nigeria: Nigerian Militants Threaten Oil Rig Attacks within Days

Jan 17, 2018 | Tife Owolabi and Alexis Akwagyiram, Reuters
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Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to attack off-shore oil facilities within days, raising fears of a repeat of a 2016 wave of violence that helped push Africa’s biggest economy into recession. The Niger Delta Avengers - the fighters behind many of the 2016 attacks - said they had planned the assaults after giving up on talks to give their impoverished southern region a greater share of the oil revenue it produced.