Nigerian troops moved in to separate warring ethnic groups in the Nigerian oil city of Warri on Tuesday, as fighting flared for a fifth day in a conflict rooted in disputes over political power and oil revenues.
The fighting between the Ijaw and Itsekiri groups is the worst in the Niger Delta since March, when an Ijaw revolt led to dozens of deaths and forced oil majors to close down around 40 percent of production in the OPEC member nation.
An official for Royal Dutch Shell, the largest oil producer in Nigeria, said the firm had closed down its offices in Warri, but this would not affect output.
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