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German oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- A German oil contractor was kidnapped Thursday in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt in the southeast Niger Delta region, police said. The kidnapping happened early Thursday, when about 10 men dressed in camouflage uniforms flagged down the German's car, grabbed him and put him into the trunk of another car, police spokesman Barasua Ireju said. It is the latest in a series of attacks that began this year and have targeted oil company facilities and executives. They have been blamed on militant groups, such as the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), whose attacks cut oil output in the world's eighth largest producer by about 25 percent annually, officials have said. Nigeria is the fourth largest exporter of oil to the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration. Separately, Remi Oyo, Nigeria's presidential spokeswoman, said the presidency has accepted the resignation of Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former World Bank's vice president. 
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