Tag: Niger Delta communities
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Shell to pay €15m to Ogoni farmers, Niger Delta communities over pollution
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigerian subsidiary of the global oil giant, Shell Plc, has agreed to pay €15 million to communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks. Four Ogoni farmers and fishermen sued Shell in the Netherlands in 2008 to pay for cleaning up spills in…