Nigeria Buries Dead from Pipeline Explosion

NPR | By Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Published May 15, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

Workers bury another charred corpse. The unidentified man was found floating on the water, trapped in a mangrove swamp on the other side of the lagoon from the fuel pipeline blast.

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is an award-winning broadcaster from Ghana and is NPR's Africa Correspondent. She describes herself as a "jobbing journalist"—who's often on the hoof, reporting from somewhere.

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