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2016 Niger Delta conflict | |||||||
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Part of the conflict in the Niger Delta | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Nigeria
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Niger Delta Republic'[2] Militant organizations
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Former commanders
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The 2016 Niger Delta conflict is an ongoing conflict around the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in a bid for the secession of the region, which was a part of the breakaway state of Biafra.[5] It follows on-and-off conflict in the Christian-dominated southern Niger Delta in the preceding years, as well as an insurgency in the Muslim-dominated northeast.