Oil giant Shell has accepted responsibility for two devastating oil spills in Nigeria's Ogoniland region.
The Bodo fishing community sued Shell in the UK, alleging that spills in 2008 and 2009 had destroyed the environment and ruined their livelihoods. Their lawyer said they would seek hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for one of the world's "most devastating oil spills". Read more...
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