Niger Delta Avengers claim first attack in energy hub since ceasefire

Ceasefire doesn’t hold as militants hit oil pipe.
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Saturday it had carried out its first attack in the country’s southern energy hub since it declared in August it was halting hostilities to pursue talks with the government.
The militants, who said they attacked the Bonny crude export line on Friday night, have in previous months launched assaults which have cut crude production, which was 2.1 million barrels per day at the start of the year, by around a third.
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Source: af.reuters.com

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