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Niger Delta oil activists killed

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    Two ethnic Ijaw activists were killed on Monday as they tried to stop repairs to oil installations in Ikibiri, some 90 km west of Port Harcourt, Reuters reported.

    Witnesses said the two attacked a team working on a pipeline valve with "guns and machetes". They were killed in a shootout, Reuters said.

    Attacks on oil installations and flow stations by local communities wanting a share in the region's oil wealth have severely disrupted oil production in the Niger Delta.

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