An Amnesty International mission delegate’s fingers covered in oil from an oil spill at Ikarama, Bayelsa State. This photograph was taken by Amnesty International researchers eight months after the spill. There are often long delays in cleaning up after oil spills in the Niger Delta. Photo source: ©© Jen Farr
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Shell was acquitted in a Dutch court on Wednesday morning of most of the charges against it for pollution in Nigeria, where disputed oil spills have been a long-running source of contention between the oil company, local people and environmental campaigners…
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Shell verdict will determine whether other firms could be tried for oil spills
Oil pollution in Niger Delta: Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland Report; Unep
