West Africa: Intelligence Report: U.S. to Spend $500m to Secure Nigeria's Oil, Gas

31 May 2005

Dakar — *Algeria too; to combat terror spots in W-Africa

THE US government has concluded plans to spend $500 million (about N67 billion) over the next five years to bolster its counter-terrorism campaign in the West African sub region and to guarantee access to Nigeria's crude oil and gas, the continent's largest oil producer.

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