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Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria meets rebel conditions for peace
2009-06-27
[Iran Press TV Latest] Nigerian authorities have agreed to release the leader of the country's freedom fighters in compliance with a precondition set by the rebels for peace.
The proper definition of peace being hudna, of course.
On Friday, head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Henry Okah, who had been charged with treason and arms trafficking, was given national amnesty by the government, BBC reported.

The gunmen had conditioned any peace accord on the release of Okah within a week.

The government also announced a period of amnesty for all rebels from August 6 to October 4 during which they will be allowed to avoid prosecution by laying down arms. "We have the 60 days period of grace from August 6, 2009 for all those who are willing to embrace the amnesty to surrender their weapons and renounce militancy," AFP quoted Interior Minister Major General Godwin Abbey as saying.

MEND rebels, who first appeared in 2005, eye a bigger share of the national oil and gas revenues and have conducted numerous attacks and abductions in an attempt to scare away foreign oil workers. The group has managed to reduce Nigeria's oil production by around 500,000 barrels per day.
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