Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the oil-related violence in southern Nigeria. It is an indispensable book for anyone wishing to understand the economic, strategic and ethnic dimensions behind Saturday's Nigerian presidential election.

The Niger Delta is the main oil producing region in Nigeria, Africa’s largest producer and exporter of oil. It is also home to Goodluck Jonathan, incumbent president and one of the favorites to win the presidential election. 

– When you put together the economic, geopolitical and strategic factors you begin to understand that the Niger Delta has a very central position. This book provides a background for understanding the high stakes, whether you are looking at the political, economic or energy security implications, says Dr Cyril Obi who has edited the book together with Dr Siri Aas Rustad.

Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta brings together some of the world’s leading analysts on the Niger Delta conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytical chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation of violence and the various actors, levels and dynamics involved.

For more information contact Dr Cyril Obi at cyril.obi@nai.uu.se or Mattias Sköld, press officer, at 018-56 22 47.

Read an interview with Cyril Obi about the presidential election

Fact guide to the elections in Nigeria. Compiled by the NAI library staff.