Ogoni Nigeria

Shell's Settlement Doesn't Hide Unsettling Reality in Nigeria

Stephen Kretzmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Ogoni-Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Niger Delta, Shell Oil, Nigerian Government, World News
Stephen Kretzmann

Is $15.5 million is enough to compensate for the hanging of nine men, the death of thousands more, and for the destruction of an ecosystem?

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War for Oil in Nigeria

Stephen Kretzmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nigeria Oil, Ogoni-Nigeria, Nigeria, Oil, Bill Clinton, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Shell Oil, Green News
Stephen Kretzmann

Nigeria's Government is failing its people, but it is also important to ask why Shell continues to operate in an area where the price of its oil operations is so tragically high.

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Shell on Trial: After 13 Years, Justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni?

Han Shan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ogoni People, Africa, Nigeria Oil, Ogoni-Nigeria, Nigeria, Shell Profits, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Oil Companies, Shell Oil, World News
Han Shan

The effort to hold Shell accountable has been a true David & Goliath struggle, with impoverished Nigerian villagers and their scrappy human rights attorneys facing down a multinational oil giant.

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Remembering Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ka Hsaw Wa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthrights International, Human Rights, Ogoni Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Goldman Prize, World News
Ka Hsaw Wa

Fourteen years ago, Ken Saro-Wiwa leadna powerful non-violent movement against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria. He was hanged seven months later after a sham trial condemned around the world.

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