
Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage from Nigeria which shows unarmed men being shot dead. The footage was taken last year when the Nigerian government was hailing its defeat of an Islamist rebel group known as Boko Haram. We must warn our viewers that the images are extremely disturbing. Mike ...
June 2005 Nigeria's lucrative oil reserves may have enriched its politicians but they've brought little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a rebel group is fighting for a share of the profits. "I need help. I need help," begs a woman, clutching her young children in despair. Her home has just been ...
February 2008 www.guardian.co.uk In the Niger Delta, children as young as eight have had nails driven into their heads after being identified as witches. Others have been buried alive, mutilated or left to die by their families, who think the children are possessed.
Deadly clashes have erupted between members of a Muslim group and police officers in the north of Nigeria. The group Boko Haram, which wants to impose sharia (Islamic law) across the country, has attacked police stations and churches. Al Jazeera's Roza Ibrahimova reports on the unrest which is ...
28 November 2000 Newly released after 15 years of military dictatorship, both Christians and Muslims in Nigeria are embracing their separate faiths with a renewed vigour. But amidst the prayers for paradise, violence has erupted twice this year, leaving more than a thousand people dead. Produced by ...
A Nigerian rebel leader is threatening to launch a new wave of violence in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta. Solomon Ndigbara, a commander with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), has become known as Nigeria's Osama Bin Laden. He says the government has broken promises ...
A video concerning Royal Dutch Shell, of Niger Delta infamy, and their coal bed methane plans in the Sacred Headwaters Basin, Mount Klappan, British Columbia. Contact Shell! questions@shell.com
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