I don't really understand what's going on in this article for my current...

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...event, help (it's short)? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7628114.stm

Could you please summarize this for me because the words are jumbling up in my brain and I don't get the main points. I need to write a current event about this saying what the problem is, what the cause/history of the problem is and what some possible solutions are.
If you have any tips on any of those 3 things please feel free to share, thanks.
 
You have two factions fighting for control of Nigeria

The government has the most power.....so the weaker rebels attack the governments most vulnerable and most valuable asset.....OIL..... The government gets a large portion of their money from oil.....it can not protect thousands of miles of pipelines and numerous pumping stations.... the rebels use this weakness to "blackmail" the government into not destroying them.....
Not a "new" tactic.....North Korea does much the same thing..... North Korea can not feed it's own people.....thousands starve every winter..... so they "rattle their nuclear saber"....threaten to develop long range missiles and a nuclear device.....then offer NOT to do it if the west will provide food to its people.....
The Niger rebels are threatening to destroy the countries major source of money.....BUT will stop if the government stops fighting them.... this is a weak tactic and it did not work before.....it wont work now
 
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