Title: Conflict in the Niger Delta - Wikipedia
Headings: Conflict in the Niger Delta
Conflict in the Niger Delta
Contents
Background
Ogoniland
Ijaw unrest (1998–1999)
Creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (2000–2003)
Timeline
Emergence of armed groups in Niger Delta (2003–2004)
Nigerian oil crisis (2004–2006)
Royal Dutch Shell controversy
Piracy and kidnappings (2006–2014)
Military crackdown (2008–2009)
Presidential amnesty program (2009–2016)
2016–present conflict
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Contents
1 Background
1.1 Ogoniland
1.2 Ijaw unrest (1998–1999)
1.3 Creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (2000–2003)
2 Timeline
2.1 Emergence of armed groups in Niger Delta (2003–2004)
2.2 Nigerian oil crisis (2004–2006)
2.2.1 Royal Dutch Shell controversy
2.3 Piracy and kidnappings (2006–2014)
2.4 Military crackdown (2008–2009)
2.5 Presidential amnesty program (2009–2016)
2.6 2016–present conflict
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
Background
See also: Environmental issues in the Niger Delta, Petroleum industry in Nigeria, Niger Delta, and Warri Crisis
Nigeria, after nearly four decades of oil production, had by the early 1980s become almost completely economically dependent on petroleum extraction, which at the time generated 25% of its GDP. This portion has since risen to 60%, as of 2008. Despite the vast wealth created by petroleum, the benefits have been slow to trickle down to the majority of the population, who since the 1960s have increasingly been forced to abandon their traditional agricultural practices. Annual production of both cash and food crops dropped significantly in the later decades of 20th century. Cocoa production dropped by 43% for example; Nigeria was the world's largest cocoa exporter in 1960. Rubber production dropped by 29%, cotton by 65%, and groundnuts by 64%. While many skilled, well-paid Nigerians have been employed by oil corporations, the majority of Nigerians and most especially the people of the Niger Delta states and the far north have become poorer since the 1960s. The Delta region has a steadily growing population estimated at more than 30 million people in 2005, and accounts for more than 23% of Nigeria's total population.