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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( MEND ) is one of the largest militant groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The organization exposes exploitation and oppression of the people of the Niger Delta and devastation of the natural environment by the Federal Government of Nigeria and foreign multinational corporations involved in the extraction of oil in the Niger Delta. MEND has been linked to attacks on foreign-owned petroleum companies in Nigeria as part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta, engaging in actions including sabotage, theft, property destruction, guerilla warfare, and kidnapping. MEND's stated goals are to localize control of Nigeria's oil and to secure reparations from the federal government for pollution caused by the oil industry. In an interview with one of the group's leaders, who used the alias Major-General Godswill Tamuno, the BBC reported that MEND was fighting for total control of the Niger Delta's oil wealth, saying local people had not gained from the riches under the ground and the region's creeks and swamps.

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