Niger gunmen name team for peace talks in oil region

摘要

Lagos-Nigeria's main militant group-the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)-has named a team of mediators to open talks with the government ahead of a deadline to disarm before this weekend. MEND said in an e-mail statement that a team of "eminent Nigerians," including a former military chief and a Nobel laureate, would negotiate with the government on its behalf.