Topic: Gulf of Guinea
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Energy Voices Pirates want your oil and they are smart enough to get it
Increased security has forced pirates to rethink their strategy for obtaining oil, Alic writes, and they have repeatedly demonstrated that they are capable of moving with the times.
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Energy Voices Pirates continue disruption of Niger Delta oil trade
Pirates generally target ships in order to steal the goods being transported, and oil trade around the Niger Delta is being affected as pirate activity grows, according to OilPrice.com.
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Kenya joins the great African oil boom with latest discoveries
Kenya's oil finds may be larger than those found recently in Uganda. But what will oil revenues do to the Kenyan economy, and the political culture?
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Africa Monitor 7 stories on Africa this week, other than Kony2012
Did you hear we halved poverty while we were all distracted by Invisible Children, asks guest blogger Jina Moore.
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Next pirate hot spot: the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of West Africa, is a significant source of US oil. Rising piracy here could mean rising prices at the pump.
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Why so much is at stake as Congo goes to polls
Congo's polls today could be a crucial step for the resource-rich country's progress toward stability and self-determination. Disputed elections could leave it conflict-prone and poor.
11/28/2011 08:41 am -
Piracy on the rise off West Africa's coast
West Africa has seen a sharp increase in the number of pirate attacks off its coast. The goal is not lucrative ransom payments, but fuel, which sells for a large sum on the black market.
08/04/2011 03:05 pm -
Pirates take new territory: West African Gulf of Guinea
Pirates are making headway off the West African coast – the Gulf of Guinea is second only to Somalia in terms of pirate attacks.
01/15/2010 05:31 pm -
Niger Delta militants vow more attacks
Chevron has evacuated hundreds of employees from the oil-rich region of Nigeria after a string of attacks on oil pipelines.
06/21/2009 01:00 am -
Cheers in Nigeria after Shell agrees to pay $15.5 million
Despite the settlement, the oil firm denies complicity in the former military government's execution of antidrilling activists in the mid-1990s. Activists say the case is 'an important first step' toward justice in the region.
06/09/2009 01:00 am -
World
08/01/2008 01:00 am -
On China's heels, India vies for its old edge in Africa
India promised to increase lines of credit to Africa to $5.4 billion during a summit in New Delhi last month.
05/05/2008 01:00 am -
U.S. military expands role in West Africa
The USS Fort McHenry is traveling the coast – training soldiers and providing relief.
04/11/2008 01:00 am -
A rise in pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast
Turmoil in the oil-rich Niger Delta region is spreading out to sea as gangs in speedboats attack trading ships.
03/20/2008 01:00 am
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