MEND threaten ceasefire

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Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:55AM

The main militant group in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), is threatening to end its ceasefire with the Nigerian government.

Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege spoke with MEND's leader, Henry Okah, who said in the video that the government has not kept its part of the deal and that "there will be a resumption of violence very soon".

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