The main militants group in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta say it will not extend its month-long ceasefire which expires on Tuesday. The militants say they want the citizens of Nigeria to benefit from the money brought into the country from oil production. From the BBC: The main militants group in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger … Continue reading Nigerian militants to end cease-fire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-FV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/42535000\/gif\/_42535593_nigeria_ogoniland1_map203.gif\")
The main militants group in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta say it will not extend its month-long ceasefire which expires on Tuesday.
\nThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) says it has been kept on the sidelines of government-led talks about the region’s future.
\nMend also condemned the killing of civilians during a recent military crackdown in the area.
\nMend called the truce to give the new Nigerian leader time to set up talks.
\nThe BBC’s Abdullahi Kaura<\/strong> in Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt says the militants are likely to resume their attacks on oil installations and kidnapping of foreign workers.
\nBut he says a second Mend faction based in Warri appears to want to maintain the ceasefire.
\n‘Justice’
\nOther criminal armed groups in the region have continued sporadic attacks and kidnappings in the region during Mend’s truce.
\nThe unrest has led to a 25% cut in oil output from Nigeria – Africa’s largest producer.
\n“We cannot bear to pretend all is well,” Mend spokesman Jomo Gbomo<\/strong> said in an e-mail to the BBC, pointing out that talks with the new government of President Umaru Yar’Adua had achieved little so far.
\nLast month, Nigerian troops attacked an oil facility held by militants in Ogboinbiri village in Bayelsa State killing 12 militants and two civilians, military sources said.
\nSeveral oil workers held hostage were rescued in the operation.
\n“It is clear that the families of these victims won’t get justice,” Mend says.
\nThe militants say Niger Delta residents see little benefit from the oil which is extracted from their region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"