Read a BBC report on oil bunkering

Oil Bunkering – an illegal siphoning of oil from the Delta is widely practiced throughout the Delta.  Militant groups and individuals in the Nigerian Miltary are involved in the practice that is helping to fund the current violence.

International Crisis Group Report and Recommendations for the way forward in the Niger Delta

This report was published just weeks before the current military operation began in mid-May 2009.  Sadly, it became apparent that the Nigerian government was more interested in a military ‘solution’ than addressing the concerns of communities in the Delta in earnest.

Nigeria: Seizing the Moment in the Niger Delta

Africa Briefing N°60
30 April 2009

The report of the government-constituted Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, submitted to Nigeria’s President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on 1 December 2008, offers an opportunity to reduce violent conflict significantly and begin longer-term regional development in the oil-rich region. The government needs to respond urgently and positively, in particular by accepting a third-party mediator to facilitate discussions of amnesty and demobilisation of militants, in order to dispel growing misgivings in the Delta, save the region from further violence and organised criminality, and ensure Nigeria’s continued reliability as a leading source of energy for the world.   Read the Full Summary| Read the Full Report