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About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo
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South African History Online. (2012, April 13). About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081916
South African History Online (2012) 'About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo', South African History Online, 13 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081916 (Accessed: 27 September 2026).
South African History Online, About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081916, (accessed 27 September 2026).
"About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo." South African History Online, 13 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081916. Accessed 27 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo." South African History Online. April 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081916.
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