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Gangs Terrorize Nigeria’s Vital Oil Region

Date: November 9, 2007
Author: Lydia Polgreen
QUOTE: The origins of the violence are as murky and convoluted as the mangrove swamps that snake across the delta, one of the poorest places on earth. But they lie principally in the rivalry among gangs, known locally as cults, that have ties to political leaders who used them as private militias during state and federal elections in April, according to human rights advocates, former gang members and aid workers in the region.

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