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New Nigerian Administration Seeking Outside Advice on Resolving Niger Delta Conflict

New Nigerian Administration Seeking Outside Advice on Resolving Niger Delta Conflict

Hoping to curtail the violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, new Nigerian President Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua sent his vice president to the United States to meet with an international consulting firm that advises world leaders on conflict resolution, Nigerian officials and experts told World Politics Review.

Yar'Adua sent Vice President Jonathan Goodluck to Boston last month to meet with staff at the Consensus Building Institute, an advisory group that specializes in "multiparty conflicts."

CBI's client list includes the United Nations and the governments of Nigeria, Kenya, and Angola, as well as U.N. officials in Sudan. Outside of Africa, the consulting firm is working with Kosovo and Ecuador.

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