No reports on a demonstration in Kokori, the Niger Delta in August or September 1997 could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. For information on disturbances in the Niger Delta in 1997, please consult the numerous Responses on the subject.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential [London]. August - September 1997.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. August - September 1997.

Amnesty International. 1997. Amnesty International Report 1997. New York: Amnesty International USA.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997 1998 United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge].August-September 1997.

West Africa [London]. August-September 1997.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.

Internet Sites including:

Amnesty International.

Human Rights Watch.

Africa News.

Post Express Wired.