Vigilantes Kill 14 in Nigeria’s Oil-Rich Delta

Violence in the Delta peaked last year during elections in April and May, after ethnic Ijaws rose up against rival Itsekiris saying they had been denied political power and a fair share of oil wealth.

Scores of people were killed and oil multinationals were forced to shut down 40 percent of the country’s two million barrel-per-day output as a result of the violence.

Reuters