Nigeria’s oil wells and pipelines are being blown up again. The rebel group claiming responsibility says it wants to expose corruption and earn justice for impoverished local communities in the oil-rich Niger River delta. Attacks resumed this year after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ended security contracts and payments that had turned earlier militants into protectors and achieved relative peace since 2010. Oil accounts for two-thirds of Nigeria’s government revenue, and almost all of its exports. Nigeria produced 1.4 million barrels a day in May, the lowest in 27 years, according to the International Energy Agency.
