Nigeria: Militant on hunger strike

A militant leader from Nigeria's oil-region has begun a hunger strike in protest at police treatment in custody. Mujahid Dokubu-Asari's lawyer said he was not even taking water and was unhappy at being kept in solitary confinement and often moved. Last year, Mr Asari's Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force contributed to a sharp rise in world oil prices when it threatened war against oil companies.