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	<title>Black Looks &#187; Niger Delta</title>
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		<title>Ken Saro-Wiwa on how it was, how it remains &amp; how it could be</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Saro-Wiwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria's Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria's Oil Cabal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Nigeria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KSW reminds us of a struggle Nigerians have largely ignored or at best dismissed. The Nigerian media [pre social media] has to take major responsibility for the lack of information and analysis no doubt bullied as usual by military and pseudo military governments including Goodluck Jonathan&#8217;s. He reminds us of our right to stand up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the condition of Nigeria by Nigerians….</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2012/01/nigeria-by-nigerians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boko Haram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Subsidy Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodluck Jonathan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion and the Nigerian state]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three excellent insightful articles by Nigerians on Nigeria with my brief comments. “People In The Niger Delta Now Recognize That Jonathan Is A Waste Of Time” – Isaac Osuoka Issac Osuoka is a long time environmental and social justice activist from the Niger Delta and a founding member of the IYC and more recently Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;He cursed the earth for spouting oil &#8211; black gold they called it!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/11/he-cursed-the-earth-for-spouting-oil-black-gold-they-called-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assault on Dissent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Mining/Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miliartism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obituary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“And as I was going, I was just thinking how the war have spoiled my town Dukana, uselessed many people, killed many others, killed my mama and my wife, Agnes, my beautiful young wife with J.J.C and now it have made me like porson wey get leprosy because I have no town again. And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Normalisation of oil pollution and violence in the Niger Delta</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/11/normalisation-of-oil-pollution-and-violence-in-the-niger-delta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bamako 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Mining/Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Osodi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miliartism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new series of photos from Nigerian photo activist George Osodi presented at Bamako 2011. The series shows &#8220;the duality of life&#8221; in the Niger Delta where oil pollution and violence have become a normalised everyday part of life &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Report finds Shell complicit in human rights abuses &amp; payments to militants</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/10/report-finds-shell-complicit-in-human-rights-abuses-payments-to-militants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[violence against women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Mining/Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miliartism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shell Guilty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=8456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report has found that Shell fuelled human rights abuses in Nigeria by paying huge contracts to armed militants. The report, called Counting the Cost, is published by Platform and a coalition of NGOs and featured in todays UK Guardian. The report, uncovers how Shell’s routine payments to armed militants exacerbated conflicts, in one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Our Africa&#8221; &#8211; New critical thinking by African women</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/09/our-africa-new-critical-thinking-by-african-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/09/our-africa-new-critical-thinking-by-african-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Feminist Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Mining/Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miliartism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militarism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pan-African ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War/Conflict]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=8395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our Africa&#8221; is a series of &#8220;critical analysis and fresh thinking&#8221; by African Women. The essays highlight the key issues facing African women and &#8220;the economic and political forces shaping&#8221; the continent. The series is edited by Jessica Horn, Jane Gabriel, and Amel Gorani. On the launch of the series Mariame Toure Quattara writes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community guide for Nigeria elections</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/03/community-guide-for-nigeria-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/03/community-guide-for-nigeria-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria elections 2011]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=8038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stakeholders Democracy have published this excellent guide to monitoring the April elections. The guide can be downloaded here. We have prepared a community guide to the 2011 elections which we hope will be shared and adapted by all of those who hope to promote better elections in their communities. It was drafted with the Niger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAIJA Voices: We are also Nigerians!</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/naija-voices-we-are-also-nigerians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/naija-voices-we-are-also-nigerians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abuja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria independence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=7886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kayode Ogundamisi meets the voices of Nigeria during the October 1st In[dependence] Day in Abuja Main stream media did focus on the &#8220;kings and queens&#8221; the &#8220;very important persons&#8221; I was only keen to get the voice of the Nigerian, the unknown heroes and Heroines who make Nigeria great. Those who never get a mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on &#8220;Naija Leaks&#8221; &#8211; WikiLeaks</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/thoughts-on-naija-leaks-wikileaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/thoughts-on-naija-leaks-wikileaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naija Leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shell Guilty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigerian Curiosity has produced a synopsis of the &#8220;Naija Leaks&#8220;. The leaks provide an additional dimension to the relationship between the Nigerian government, Shell &#8211; an imperial empire in itself, and the United States government.   The “Naija Leaks”  should be read in the context of the “oil complex” &#8211; that is the relationship between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence disclosed by the Independent is corroborated by Ogoni women</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/evidence-disclosed-by-the-independent-is-corroborated-by-ogoni-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/12/evidence-disclosed-by-the-independent-is-corroborated-by-ogoni-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence against women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[16 Days Against Violence Against Women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ogoni women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Okuntimo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The disclosure in the UK Independent that the Nigerian military framed Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight is something the Ogoni people have always known. The relationship with Shell and the Nigerian military and particularly Lt-Col Paul Okuntimo is also known to the Ogoni and other Niger Deltans and was disclosed in &#8220;Where Vultures Feast: [...]]]></description>
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