The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Abuja - Niger Delta militants have seized a vessel belonging to United States oil giant, Chevron, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman of special troops deployed to provide security in the region, said Wednesday. He said the vessel was carrying a...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
President Umaru Musa Yar"Adua yesterday lamented the situation in the Niger Delta, saying if oil exploration and production are not allowed and peace restored in the troubled region, the country stood the risk of losing its position in Africa to Angola.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
TiruchiFirst fertilizer load for Delta arrives in Tiruchi It will be distributed through 200 cooperative societies Photo: R. Ashok RELIEVED: The first consignment of DAP for the season being unloaded from a goods wagon at the Goodshed in Tiruchi on Sunday. — TIRUCHI: The first fertilizer consignment of about 2,500 tonnes of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), brought in by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
China's southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where the Sino-ASEAN Expo is held each year, has donated 250,000 U.S. dollars to Myanmar for disaster relief, said an official with the Sino-ASEAN Expo Secretariat on Saturday. ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
THE Niger Delta Peace Parley jointly organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ended yesterday in Port Harcourt with a call on the National Assembly to review laws regulating the oil/gas sector as well as land use.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Source: ReliefWeb Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008, sweeping through the Ayeyarwady Delta region and the country's largest city, Yangon. 22 agencies were undertaking assessments in 58 townships as ...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it is not responsible for the seizure of a supply vessel operated by the American oil giant Chevron in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta region on Tuesday.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Aung Hla Tun Bogalay, Burma - Po Aung would rather return to the ruins of his village in Burma's delta region than stay in a state relief camp. "We keep hearing things about victims at the go...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Xinhua Yangon, May 15 (Xinhua) A total of 327 tonnes of aid supplies have so far been transported to the storm-hit areas, mainly in the Irrawady delta region, by Myanmar authorities, New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday. The areas include Bogale, Kamatalu, Kyeinchaung, Setsan, Kyonda, Amar, Pathein, Laputta and Myaungmya, the state-run newspaper said. The report said [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Po Aung would rather return to the ruins of his village in Burma's delta region than stay in a state relief camp.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Po Aung would rather return to the ruins of his village in Burmar's delta region than stay in a state relief camp.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the nation continues to grapple with the challenge of security in the Niger Delta Region, Senator Barigha Amange representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District has shed more light on why he moved the motion calling for the withdrawal of soldiers from the region and Nembe Community.
Per Crucem ad Lucem (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
According to recent reports received by KHRG from residents of the Irrawaddy Delta, the SPDC has not only been restricting aid supplies and access by international humanitarian workers, but has also been doing so on the basis of ethnicity. Increasing reports on the military's restrictions and misappropriation of aid supplies necessitate immediate international investigation, as [...]
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Red Cross says heavy rains will bring new misery to survivors of the cyclone in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region. Ron Corben has this report from Bangkok.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yangon, May 15 (Xinhua) A total of 327 tonnes of aid supplies have so far been transported to the storm-hit areas, mainly in the Irrawady delta region, by Myanmar authorities, New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday.
