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BBC NEWS | Africa | Shell to appeal Nigerian eviction
Royal Dutch Shell has appealed a Nigerian court order requiring it hand over the site of a key base in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta.
A high court in Rivers State ruled in July that the site of the Bonny lifting terminal belonged to the local community, not the oil multinational.
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In even the most exploitative African sites of repression and capital accumulation, sometimes corporations take a hit, and victims sometimes unite on continental lines instead of being divided-and-conquered.
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In even the most exploitative African sites of repression and capital accumulation, sometimes corporations take a hit, and victims sometimes unite on continental lines instead of being divided-and-conquered.
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In early June, the British-Dutch firm Shell Oil – one of Rodney’s targets - was instructed to depart from the Ogoniland region within the Niger Delta, where in 1995 Shell officials were responsible for the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa by Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. After decades of abuse, women protesters, local NGOs and the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) gave Shell the shove. France’s Total appears next in line, in part because of additional pressure from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
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Nigeria’s Ogoni hope Shell ouster brings prosperity @ Royal Dutch Shell plc .com
President Umaru Yar’Adua announced on Wednesday that the oil fields Shell abandoned would be given to another operator acceptable to Ogoni communities this year. Shell has said it has not been informed and declined to comment.
Welcome to Compliance Advisor Ombudsman - Ombudsman: Niger Delta
On June 19, 2001, the CAO received a complaint from Environmental Rights Action, the Nigerian chapter of Friends of the Earth.
Niger Delta bears brunt after 50 years of oil spills - Africa, World - Independent.co.uk
Up to 1.5 million tons of oil, 50 times the pollution unleashed in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster, has been spilt in the ecologically precious Niger Delta over the past 50 years,
Ogoni: A Deadline Slips and the Flaring Continues
Gas flaring in the Niger Delta continues despite a 1 January 2008 moratorium, but can the environment stands any more delays?
Below is an article written by Sam Olukoya and published by Terraviva Africa:
About Shell - Shell World Online
Innovation is notoriously hard to nurture, especially in large companies, with their inevitable bureaucracy. Many executives are preoccupied with identifying techniques to foster innovation. They know it is a key to their companies’ success – and that
Paddy's writing on Brand and Reputation: Response to article in The Guardian by Jeremy Leggett
The power which was once in the hands of Exxon, Shell, BP and the others has shifted almost entirely to the National Oil Companies (NOCs). Remember that the growth of the oil industry was characterised by a corporation like Shell having skills and resourc
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