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Flooding in Nigeria Kills 603, Displaces More Than 1.3 Million

By Olivia Rosane / October 18, 2022

The worst flooding in Nigeria in a decade has killed more than 600 people, destroyed more than 200,000 homes and forced more than 1.3 million to flee. The government has blamed the ongoing disaster on extreme rainfall and the climate crisis, as well as dam releases related to the heavy precipitation, as BBC News reported. […]

Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil to Pay for Harm Done to Nigerian Farmers

By EcoWatch / February 1, 2021

60 Dead in Nigerian Pipeline Explosion

By Olivia Rosane / October 16, 2018

100 Dead in Nigeria Following Severe Flooding

By Olivia Rosane / September 19, 2018

Report: Shell Complicit in Human Rights Abuses

By EcoWatch / November 28, 2017

Hundreds of Protesters Occupy Shell Plant in Nigeria, 11 Days and Counting

By EcoWatch / August 22, 2017

By Andy Rowell The decades-long struggle for social and environmental justice in the Niger Delta continues, largely unseen by the wider world. On Aug. 11, hundreds of people from the Niger Delta stormed the Belema flow station gas plant owned by Shell in the Rivers State region of the Delta. The plant transports crude oil […]