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Nigeria oil spills

April 4, 2016

Twenty years ago after Nigerian civil rights activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed for his environmental activities, Shell Oil is still causing destruction to his native Ogoni land.

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Boy at oil soiled water
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/EPA/Marten Van Dijl

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