bbc news, in the niger delta. >> let me bring you a couple other stories. a roadside bomb has killed three british soldiers in afghanistan. their armored vehicle was hit by the explosion during a routine patrol in helmand province on tuesday. their families have been informed. the attack came on the third day of what the taliban has called its spring offensive. it looks as though one of japan's most famous landmarks, mount fuji, could become a world heritage site. an influential cultural organization has told the japanese government that the snowcapped volcano could be registered as a place of special significance. now, this is what you might expect to look like after a couple rounds in the boxing ring. not a day in politics, but legislators in the venezuelan parliament have been left bruised and bloody after fighting broke out over the recent disputed presidential election. both opposition and pro- government lawmakers are accusing each other of starting a fight. now this report. box and now ballot the national assembly brawl. venezuela's bitterly conteste

this is the niger delta, before oil. we carefully weeded across across swampsd with birds providing a constant sound track. we came across a lake where people have been fishing for generations. they have set up a camp where they stayed for just three months every other year, and in this community, everyone has a role, whether it is leaving the fishing baskets or smoking the fish. it is all providing a vital income. money to doe this everything for them. >> after setting a trap earlier in the day, by late afternoon, it is time to bring in the catch which is shared by several families. but the fact that people come here every two years shows that they know about how to fish in a sustainable way, but they are also living under the fear of pollution. canlocal tells me they drink the water around here and there are plenty of fish, but he says if oil is discovered nearby, that could all change. he says in his 70 years, he has gained nothing whatsoever from nigeria's oil. this is a community that is still reaping the benefits o

received amnesty monday. >> when the militants were causing havoc in these creeks over the niger delta, oil production dropped significantly, but since the amnesty, it soared, and the government is getting more revenue from the oil, so it can afford to pay x militants, but some people are questioning the wisdom of paying people who took up arms, and they wonder what kind of message it sends out to the rest of the country. some of the people who laid down big. arms are now living this belongs to a former militant leader. this is not as gaudy, but it is relatively low injuries. it belongs to a general who says he brought 400 fighters out to the creeks under the amnesty. of the strongest. >> he was paid by the government to protect the pipelines. now he has struck a deal to provide security for the oil company. >> they will give me a major contract. by two or three years, you will see me in a big mansion like the ones you have been seeing. >> the nigerian government is buying peace, but the underlying grievances remains the right of poverty, lack of development, and pollution very good it

so we went to nigeria at the end of the '90s and we went to the niger delta to investigate. i met a man a few years before when i was just on a local station doing a show called wake-up call. i said maybe you could come back another day. and they said, i'm sorry, he's here for one day and he needs to go on. i said okay, two minutes. let me introduce him. he was one of the most famous nigerians, and he was taking on shell corporation which crisscrossed. unlike the united states where this is illegal, they would flare gas in these communities. they lived in the shadow of the flames. military and government power and working for the shell corporation. he said when i go home, i will be arrested. he did go home. .. >> guest: and they were or, they wanted a forest cleaned up, and they wanted jobs. ultimately, chevron flew in the nigerian military onto this kile, and thepened ultimately they opened fired and they killed the others who were rounded a through it is thoseico kinds of stories that we feel th are critical to shed a spotligh, on places in california. so why is it that th