Escalating Violence in the Niger Delta Region is Reaching a Point of No Return : West Africa - Regional Analysis

Record type:

Journal article

Region:

Africa

Western Africa

Journal Title:

Africa Conflict Monitor

Source:

Africa Conflict Monitor, Volume 2016, Issue 07, Jul 2016, p. 45 - 50

Subject:

VIOLENCE

NIGERIA

Abstract:

The Nigerian government's response to the emergence of a new militant group set on attacking oil industry infrastructure in the Niger Delta region has been misguided. A hard-line stance coupled with ongoing reductions in government allowances for former militants is only exacerbating tensions.

Language:

English

Country focus:

Nigeria

DOI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC191835

CITATION: . Escalating Violence in the Niger Delta Region is Reaching a Point of No Return : West Africa - Regional Analysis . : , . Africa Conflict Monitor, Volume 2016, Issue 07, Jul 2016, p. 45 - 50 - Available at: https://library.au.int/escalating-violence-niger-delta-region-reaching-point-no-return-west-africa-regional-analysis