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Home > NIGERIA: 100 die in Delta fighting, Red Cross says

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Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 03:00
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Conflict & emergencies [2]
Issue Number: 
121 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Nigerian Red Cross said on Friday about 100 people were killed in five days of ethnic violence that rocked the southern oil city of Warri. The federal government meanwhile set up a task force to protect oil wells in the area and crack down on the massive theft of crude oil from pipelines.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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