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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main opposition group, has started their first day of a unilateral ceasfire they say could break if the military targets its camp bases. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Lagos where she holds an exclusive interview with one of their spokesmen.

Angola's economy is booming as the country exports nearly all of its oil reserves to countries like China. Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports from Luanda, the Angolan capital, on how the state has become Africa's biggest oil producer.

THISDAY ONLINE "Unknown gunmen yesterday hijacked an oil supply vessel belonging to West African Offshore on the Bonny River with eight crew members on board. Nothing has, however, been heard of the whereabouts of the crew members said to be Nigerians since the attack."