Nigeria: August 20, 2003

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The government has sent 900 riot police to Warri to try and restore order. The entire Niger delta area, covered as it is by oil production and transportation facilities, is populated by tribes that feel they have nothing to show for it. The government would rather send soldiers and police than money, so the unrest grows.

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