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Oil Giant in Firing Line Over Oil Spill Blame

Oil giant Shell is accused by Amnesty International's Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, of manipulating oil spill investigations in Nigeria, with the company's claims on oil pollution in the region deeply suspect and often untrue.
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Pastor Christian Lekoya Kpandei's hand covered in oily mud, Bodo Creek, in 2011. His fish farm once provided a living for about 30 families. Its collapse forced him to move to a single-room apartment, to pull his youngest child out of school and left him with no regular source of income.

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    Oil Spills Devastate Niger Delta

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    Amnesty International has published a report criticizing oil companies for their failure to control oil spills in the Niger Delta, and for too quickly blaming outsiders for the spills. PHOTO: In this ... see more »

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