Blood Oil: Nigeria

An in-depth article in Vanity Fair explores "Blood Oil" in Nigeria's delta region. While the perspective is one of oil-security in the U.S., the author does an excellent job describing the decades-old conflict in general: the poverty, inequality, environmental destruction, corruption, kidnappings, sabotage and violence that are part of oil sourcing in this troubled region.

Accompanying the article is a web-only slideshow of photos from the region, including some of the militants themselves - speeding through the delta with facemasks and guns. Other photos show the extreme poverty lying just outside an enormous infrastructure of oil production equipment.