'Attack' mars Nigeria oil amnesty

Militant attacks have sharply cut Nigeria's oil output

Nigeria's main oil militant group has claimed to have carried out a new attack in the Niger Delta, hours after the president offered an amnesty.

Mend says it attacked an oil field run by Royal Dutch Shell, following a military raid on a village. Neither claim has been independently verified.

The group's acting leader told the BBC that amnesties were only for convicted criminals but said he did want peace.

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