Thursday, December 21, 2006

Shell families evacuated in Nigeria

It's not specifically NGO-related, but the current situation in Nigeria bears watching as attacks against oil interests have escalated, prompting the evacuation of 400 family members of Shell employees. Once primarily confined to kidnapping ex-pat oil workers for ransom, the past week has seen car-bombings and vocal threats of more violence by rebel groups.

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