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The Ikwerre are an indigenous minority who's homelands are in the Niger Delta. They have the fortune [or mis-fortune] to have had oil discovered on their tribal homeland. This small group of people are fighting for their rights of self-determination over themselves and their lands. To date 60% of their tribal land has been "acquired" for Public Development, which has resulted in the destruction of several of their villages and desecration of many of their sacred sites and burial grounds. Parts of their forest have also been destroyed. Some of the "acquired" land has been converted for private use, and influential Ikwerre people have been harrassed, spied on and in some cases assassinated. The Ikwerre people have seen no compensation for the destruction of their land, lifestyle or culture. They continue to protest and petition their government for their rights.
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