Nigeria: Pollution Claims 62 Lives in Nigeria

More than 60 people have reportedly died this month resulting from decades of pollution in the oil-rich southern Nigeria.

The deaths have been reported in Ogoniland, the area which came into international recognition after 2 000 civilians were killed in the aftermath of protests against the government's hanging of human rights and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995.

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