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Historian and Journalist John Ghazvinian discusses his recent trip to Nigeria and the African oil boom. The U.S. now imports more oil from African nations than from Saudi Arabia.

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Well, I'm from and live in the Pacific Northwest. I did live in the middle east during the late 70's and early 80 ...

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Gebroida
    Gebroida
    May 20, 2007, 3:54 p.m.

    Poor citizens of the nation of Niger. They got the worst part, living in slums, drinking poluted water and living under $1 a day. The oil companies made promises to this people, but as usual, broken promises. On top of that their lives where better before the oil boom arrived, they fished for a living and they hunted, often bringing alot more than needed and then being able to sell the goods. Now, they depend on frozen fish because the oil killed the wildlife in this region.

    • Avg rating: (+8/-0 8)contrast
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      May 20, 2007, 5:47 p.m.

      Ah the diamond trade is a much nicer and softer approach to business isnt it? How long untill the warlords dig their claws into this commodity and start genocide and mass maiming to control this resource? Maybe they can enslave other Africans to dig up that oil like they do with the diamond trade? Africa suffers from a variety of things folks but it is bloodiest when their own poeple get involved for some reason.

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