Nigeria's Niger Delta : Militancy, Amnesty, And The Post-Amnesty Environment

Nigeria's Niger Delta : Militancy, Amnesty, And The Post-Amnesty Environment /

The problems and challenges of the Niger Delta predate Nigeria as a Republic. The resultant violence can be traced to 1966, when the late Isaac Boro and his colleagues attempted to secede from Nigeria due, in large part, to the underdevelopment of the region. Historical reality aside, since 1970 oil...

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Main Author: Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Series:African governance and development.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Niger River Delta (Nigeria) > Politics and government.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Part I SITUATING THE REPUBLIC AND THE CRISIS
  • 1. Nigeria: The State and Its Institutions
  • 2. Situating the Niger Delta Crisis, 2003-2015
  • 3. Underdevelopment and the Glaring Reality of the Niger Delta, 1999-2009
  • 4. The U.S. and EU's Foreign Policy in the Region
  • part II THE AMNESTY AND POST-AMNESTY ENVIRONMENT
  • 5. The Human, Economic, and Material Cost of the Conflict
  • 6. Personalities and Their Motives: A Conversation with Henry Okah
  • 7. The Presidential Amnesty Program
  • 8. The Post-Amnesty Environment
  • part III POLICY, POLICY STATEMENT, AND THE FUTURE
  • 9. Sustainable or Fractured Peace
  • 10. Nigeria and the Future of the Niger Delta
  • 11. Policy Statements: Rethinking the Solutions.

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