DISPLACEMENT

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has a country page on Nigeria with news and analysis of displacement, as well as maps and links to other sources.

POLITICS & HUMAN RIGHTS

In a May 2007 report, Nigeria: Failed Elections, Failing State?, Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group argued that April's elections generated serious new problems that could push Nigeria towards becoming a failed state.

The Council on Foreign Relations website has a page on Nigeria with occasional analysis of important political and economic developments.

The Human Rights Watch section on Nigeria contains documents on security-sector issues and human rights.

OIL & THE NIGER DELTA

This Amnesty International report covers injustice and violence in the Niger Delta. And for a first-person account of the impact of the oil industry in the Niger Delta, try this 2005 Chatham House report, released as part of the think-tank's Armed Non-state Actors Project.

In August 2006, International Crisis Group released a report calling on the Nigerian government to reform its approach to sharing oil revenues, and on oil companies to involve community-based organisations in their development efforts.

And this 2007 Human Rights Watch report details the misuse of funds by local officials and the harmful impact on primary eduation and basic healthcare.

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES

The United Nations Development Programme country page for Nigeria contains information on its activities in the country, as well as links to Human Development Reports.

The website of the Nigerian Red Cross contains some information about humanitarian crises in the country.

MEDIA

This Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources web page provides links to a variety of Nigerian media and other media sources.