What the records say
- When
- 2004
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 67
- Coordinates
- 4.79° N, 6.91° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Territory name
- Niger Delta
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Nigeria
- Side a
- Government of Nigeria
Placed at the middle of its 6 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Conflict in the Niger Delta
Ongoing military conflict
The current conflict in the Niger Delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw. Ethnic and political unrest continued throughout the 1990s despite the return to democracy and the election of the Obasanjo government in 1999.
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- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Conflict in the Niger Delta (2004–present) – an ongoing conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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