May 08, 2007
Nigeria: Who Owns the Land?
Prince Wegwu and his family own land in the Niger Delta with 31 oil wells on it. Oil companies pump out thousands of barrels of oil a day and yet Wegwu says neither he nor his… Read more »
December 14, 2006
Nigeria: Fishing Turns Dangerous
Waibite Amazi, 42, says life was much easier when he was a boy growing up in the 70,000 sq km labyrinth of marshes and mangrove forests in Nigeria's southern delta. Read more »
June 13, 2006
Cameroon: Presidents Obasanjo And Biya Shake Hands On Disputed Bakassi Peninsula
A decades-long border dispute over sovereignty of the Bakassi peninsula was officially resolved when President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria agreed to hand the narrow strip of land… Read more »
November 10, 2005
Nigeria: Problems Persist in Oil-Rich Delta 10 Years After Activist's Death
Ten years after the execution in Nigeria of writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his non-violent campaign has been replaced by an armed protest against oil companies… Read more »
June 01, 2005
Nigeria: Obasanjo Appoints Independent Mediators to Reconcile Shell And Local Ogoni Community
The Nigerian government has appointed independent mediators to end a dispute between transnational Royal Dutch/Shell and the local Ogoni community, which forced the oil giant to… Read more »