for the past two years the battle has raged at the mouth of the niger river pitting local militants against government forces and multinational oil companies. when i first arrived here i had just a basic understanding of the nature of the conflict. the jury is the fifth largest

supplier of oil to the united states just eight large six border of oil on the planet but in the niger delta region the produces hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas each year the average person lives on less than one dollar per day there are no there schools no good roads no good hospitals every year over three hundred oil spills contaminate the region and constant flaring of precious natural gas pollutes the ecosystem. companies and corrupt politicians reap enormous profits the inhabitants of the niger delta live in poverty. under these circumstances it was no surprise to me that a conflict that ignited in which militants pipelines sabotage flow stations and kidnapped foreign oil workers. who. decide. on the.

the truth is i always tend to root for the underdog and i felt an attraction to these men who were taking on the world's largest oil corporations and the corrupt government of africa's most populous nation. so i took my camera to nigeria to try to meet them. bob as sad. as. you to i bought you a new book. and i'm going to tell you through. all who go through and do so i got it off why did not

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i decided to follow the camp commander's advice traveling with some fishermen i set out to see for myself what life is like in the niger delta and hopes of understanding the conditions out of which the militancy was born. my brother such a life is sweet it's just that there is no money. manager good life is not easy. but i had to keep a low profile numerous foreign journalists and documentary filmmakers had already been expelled country. government forces. on a mission to combat the militants and protect the oil from illegal. and many in the niger delta field as the oil companies and the federal government were robbing the region of oil. we passed by bonny island where multinational oil companies like shell. and agile

tap into the thirty six billion barrels of oil beneath our feet. and i find myself in the joc of a tiny fishing village that is frequently visited by the. militants from a nearby camp. i think he's deserved it. the government we have been are doing enough not to god not to him. not to know about. and i joke. do you think they're no longer here. i

beg go out of office. and the strong voice. why can't they find somewhere else to stay. far away. what are they doing. it looks like they've carried some people in this big bed that they meant to. but doesn't it. is the cargo hold michael see it will be bad for them if they run out of bullets what a world we live in is this an urban life or rural life would allow a new born and. are they dragging the other speedboat along there using their guns to signal a child. even in the midst of the conflict so ordinary life takes its course and its twenty three year old named mom goes into labor for.

so. i'm ok mama has come. i'm in a mess when you're done eating please check her stomach moment. when she is slow to deliver her father feeds her roots and black pepper a traditional remedy to help speed the birth. that is sad as it is not a minute you're going to want to give you this route to choose to. take it in sure come on. to it stand up. that way this thing is no better take it with a pepper and chew it don't know it i don't like love it take it quickly come on. my stomach hurts if you were cheering it you latest initiative already done. all this once again was a bone then this is. all of them does not speak to you but they did i didn't you.

is the cause is a need to we would and knows how to give advice i love the. old girl at this given space. it's all a mate no complications arise as momma settle over. oh i thought i'd let it live wanted to come out now god you can do it do it now do it to zeus the baby emerging then bill court is wrapped around his neck and he is not presented with. such a. woman. but . is it enough do you need sand. done too long a time down i do it to first do it to down take take the sun.

bring more bring more what's happened. once. the baby has come take him out take him out. by. enough way out i see many pains during the delivery name a pain once the baby. love you guys i was like oh. i will never. forget it was. during my time in h.r. career i've gotten a taste of the tenuous life in the creeks the vast disparity between the region's

immense natural wealth and inhabitants access to basic necessities like clean drinking water or modern medical care methods aside the niger delta cause to which the militants had laid claim seemed just. but i wanted to learn more about why some young men choose to enter the ranks of the militants and about the leaders to draw them into the struggle so i made my way to the camp of the notorious to take a tom cruise niger delta patriotic force as one of the strongest in the region. israel to a record high of one hundred thirty three dollars per barrel and the mind to the limits of the of the greater the niger delta. all until recently launched the salvage on development company late monday. state governments every day are next to enjoin the people. known to be terrorizing the area that people had allowed criminals to carry out such as to be killing maiming and he said people.

if i was. going to hold them. that it would. take a time i had been driven into hiding by nigeria's trying task force he retaliated with an attack on the presidential hotel nevertheless he and his boys are fated to hide out as fugitives and a handful of camps they maintain in the creeks awaiting a resolution to the continental for a deal that would permit them to return. this. is . what i would. want. to. do with this my wife. we had in mind i thought if we don't fight the house so we need development schools i just walked out as you know the government should do something about you know. there.

was a group of local journalists committed to visit detectives camp for a press conference. that will. be goes on so. there are some boys with guns telling to cover their faces a. minute i'm not going to nobody tell them to arrange themselves ladner gunmen does. and i just wouldn't move. to the. i would see it it. was. so.

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when i first met jayma they resided mostly on the outskirts of the camp or at home among the militants and with his true family he believes he found a father and a tekken where his own father fell short. brings out the rice. and so sweets. i get some of. this is logical and i laughed. this is lot in full it is this. or dishy. we've got to do. with these evil brzezinski. what are clouds.

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want to see. to my operation was the last time i saw him so i would like tina to come back so i will see him. i work on my for. you know. it's good if you go there and now that he's ma that was working on the farm. i'm agent i want to i thought he was dead. i've gone to port harcourt to look for him i didn't see him i said maybe he's dead. if you went to any other place i don't know. i was guidance but i know there was no alcohol and i. don't want to think about what that was. how i

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want to. go down you don't want it all. the way you want to do i need to do it that way they're going to find out that. i was my dad's god damn i forgot i do not think that i want to live we don't. really. know. what. we're going to. move almost. an hour. every day i don't i don't want to be under time i'll not welcome

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