Nigeria: August 2, 2000

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The armed locals holding 165 men on oil rigs agreed to release their hostages in return for jobs with the local oil companies. In the north, a sixth state (Jigawa) has announced it will introduce Sharia (Islamic) law. This further divides the Moslem north and Christian south. Civil war or dissolution becomes ever more likely. 

 

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