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A petrodollar saved (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Sep 4th 2008 From The Economist print edition As prices fall, can sovereignwealth funds break the resource curse? COUNTRIES flush with oil and ore should grow faster than those that are barren. Puzzlingly, they often do not. Naturalresource income ...
Other labels: resource-curse, blog, transparency, sovereign-wealth-funds
Environment pushes EU to become Arctic player (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Published: Monday 24 November 2008    The European Union on 20 November announced its intention to become an important stakeholder in the Arctic, mainly by promoting an environmental agenda. The European Commission also indicated that Arctic multilateral ...
Other labels: climatechange, eu, gas, europe, arctic, russia, blog
From Boom to Bust in Nigeria (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Connors Special to The Washington Post Sunday, September 14, 2008; Page A21\\ PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria \\ Uche was the triggerman for his gang of thieves. When gang members stole oil from pipelines or cellphones from passersby, he made ...
Other labels: niger-delta, resource-curse, blog
Militants step up 'oil war' in Niger Delta (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p99s01duts.html By Jonathan Adams from the September 17, 2008 edition Militants in southern Nigeria have sharply stepped up attacks on foreign interests after declaring an "oil war" Sunday. The campaign, which the militants have ...
Other labels: blog, conflict, nigeria, naturalresources, security
Nigeria, Ogoni People Jubilate Over Sacking of Shell (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Vanguard (Lagos) 11 June 2008 Posted to the web 11 June 2008 By George Onah Thousands of Ogoni of Rivers State took to the streets of Port Harcourt, Monday, jubilating over the sacking of Shell Petroleum Development Company by the Federal Government ...
Other labels: blog, non-violence, nigeria, delta, niger, shell
NIGERIA - New hope for old 'master plan' on Niger Delta (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
IRIN November 19, 2007 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=75383 CALABAR, 19 November 2007 (IRIN) The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua says it is serious about tackling the root causes of violence and poverty in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta ...
Other labels: development, delta", "niger
Nigeria Oil Port Hit in Deadly Gang Assaults (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/world/africa/02nigeria.html?r=1&hp&oref=s login By LYDIA POLGREEN Published: January 2, 2008 DAKAR, Senegal Coordinated assaults on two police stations, a hotel and a restaurant early Tuesday killed at least 10 people, the authorities ...
Other labels: blog, resources, conflict, nigeria, security, governance
Nigeria - Poor Oil Spill Clean-Up Methods Affect Niger Delta Communities (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Source: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 7 February 2008 Posted to the web 7 February 2008 URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/200802070739.html  Kedere A few days after villagers in Kedere in Nigeria's oilrich Niger Delta region ...
Other labels: blog, nigeria, spill, niger, delta
Nigeria - Protesting Youths Shut Down Warri Refinery (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Leadership (Abuja) Accessed at: http://allafrica.com/stories/200801150231.html  15 January 2008 Posted to the web 15 January 2008 By: Edward Ukpebitere Hundreds of youths yesterday shut down the operations of the Warri Refinery, heightening fears that the refinery may not pump ...
Other labels: extractive, delta, blog, niger, conflict, nigeria
Nigeria rebels declare cease-fire in oil-rich delta (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
nbsp;By Simon Montlake posted June 23, 2008 at 10:20 am EDT Source: Christian Science Monitor   A rebel group in Nigeria has declared a ceasefire in the oilrich Niger Delta, where crude exports have been ...
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