http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/niger-delta 2008-10-29T03:30:00Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49136-military-operations-in-the-niger-delta-16-aug-08 2008-10-29T03:30:00Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wENlO4bzemI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wENlO4bzemI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49136-military-operations-in-the-niger-delta-16-aug-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59497" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nigeria's military has launched a crackdown on oil gangs in an attempt to avert an oil supply crisis. <br /> <br />The country loses on average 650,000 barrels a day because of attacks on pipelines.</p> <p>Haru Mutasa had exclusive access to the military's operations in the Niger Delta, where the theft of crude oil is rampant.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49136-military-operations-in-the-niger-delta-16-aug-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38344--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-1-2 2008-10-23T03:29:56Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/piGkERnZh8Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/piGkERnZh8Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38344--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43308" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Free from Nigerian Military Custody, "Sweet Crude" Director Sandy Cioffi on Oil Politics in the Niger Delta <br />The Nigerian government, along with foreign oil companies, have reaped enormous profits over the years from the sale of oil and gas reserves, while the residents of the Niger Delta live in abject poverty. We speak to Sandy Cioffi, director of the the upcoming documentary Sweet Crude. She was recently arrested by the Nigerian military and held for a week before being released following international pressure. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38344--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38343--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-2-2 2008-10-23T03:29:56Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4uOwQMbq5kc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4uOwQMbq5kc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38343--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43307" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Free from Nigerian Military Custody, "Sweet Crude" Director Sandy Cioffi on Oil Politics in the Niger Delta <br />The Nigerian government, along with foreign oil companies, have reaped enormous profits over the years from the sale of oil and gas reserves, while the residents of the Niger Delta live in abject poverty. We speak to Sandy Cioffi, director of the the upcoming documentary Sweet Crude. She was recently arrested by the Nigerian military and held for a week before being released following international pressure. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38343--sweet-crude-oil-in-the-niger-delta-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18861-grinding-poverty-in-oil-rich-niger-delta-nov-15-2007 2008-10-22T09:30:49Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ck2TJTdjJjg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ck2TJTdjJjg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18861-grinding-poverty-in-oil-rich-niger-delta-nov-15-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18551" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Given the country's vast oil reserves, Nigerians should theoretically be among the wealthiest populations in the world. But for the people of the Niger Delta poverty, conflict and corruption are a daily reality. Haru Mutasa and Andrew Simmons report.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18861-grinding-poverty-in-oil-rich-niger-delta-nov-15-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18860-on-patrol-in-the-niger-delta-nov-15-2007 2008-10-22T09:30:48Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8eRBuz0G38M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8eRBuz0G38M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18860-on-patrol-in-the-niger-delta-nov-15-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18550" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Andrew Simmons goes on patrol with Nigerian armed forces in Port Harcourt in the oil-rich Niger Delta, one of the most dangerous places in the world</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18860-on-patrol-in-the-niger-delta-nov-15-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15145-rebels-in-the-pipeline 2008-01-12T20:25:56Z Current TV <div id="flashcontent"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://gobnf.org/bnf/javascripts/flvplayer.swf", "mymovie", "375", "292", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("file","http://video.current.tv/video/feeds/null/Pod_NigeriaOilSpecial2_VSP_20071003_CC.flv"); so.addVariable("autostart",false); so.write("flashcontent"); </script> <a href="/blog/15145-rebels-in-the-pipeline"><img src="http://gobnf.org/bnf/images/empty_vid.gif" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Current’s Mariana van Zeller travels to one of the most unstable regions in the world – Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta. She investigates what’s behind the growing number of kidnappings and attacks in Africa’s largest oil producer and the US’s fifth largest energy supplier.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15145-rebels-in-the-pipeline">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10957-in-depth-interview-with-nigeria-s-former-finance-minister 2008-11-24T02:30:36Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHUOWbWbFbw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHUOWbWbFbw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/10957-in-depth-interview-with-nigeria-s-former-finance-minister"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11108" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Exclusive interview with Nigeria's former finance minister.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/10957-in-depth-interview-with-nigeria-s-former-finance-minister">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7304-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-4 2008-10-14T11:30:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-c2uF5q7Ns&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-c2uF5q7Ns&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7304-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-4"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6584" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The 2007 National elections are approaching in Nigeria. People & Power reporter Juliana Ruhfus and director Hazel Chandler travel to the conflict ridden and oil rich Niger Delta to explore what is at stake. Only a month to go until the elections, and the Ogoni people opt for non-violence whilst confusion reigns supreme at a government rally where no one seems to know who will stand as governor.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7304-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-4">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7305-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-1 2008-10-14T11:30:17Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d82VJutZtQU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d82VJutZtQU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7305-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6585" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The 2007 National elections are approaching in Nigeria. People & Power reporter Juliana Ruhfus and director Hazel Chandler travel to the conflict ridden and oil rich Niger Delta to explore what is at stake. In spite of the Delta's vast oil wealth the people are poor -- and deprived of a democratic voice. As a result, the last 15 months has seen an escalation in militant groups operating in the region. Some claim that that they are fighting to help ensure local people benefit from the Delta's oil wealth, in the face of intimidation and corruption from politicians.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7305-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7302-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-2 2008-10-14T11:30:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4zzAB-jNSk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4zzAB-jNSk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7302-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6582" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The 2007 National elections are approaching in Nigeria. People & Power reporter Juliana Ruhfus and director Hazel Chandler travel to the conflict ridden, oil rich Niger Delta to explore what is at stake. The history of the violent and rigged 2003 elections is creating a climate of fear and many people have little faith that 2007 will bring change and offer opportunities for the next generation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7302-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7303-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-3 2008-10-14T11:30:15Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nf2i55hFhc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nf2i55hFhc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7303-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6583" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The 2007 National elections are approaching in Nigeria. People & Power reporter Juliana Ruhfus and director Hazel Chandler travel to the conflict ridden and oil rich Niger Delta to explore what is at stake. Following a trail of corruption they find that many local politicians see elections as a way of 'getting to the trough' - using government revenue for personal benefit whilst education and health provision deterioates.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7303-people-power-democracy-delta-style-14-apr-07-part-3">Watch the video</a>