Nigerian farmers (r-r) Alali Efanga, Friday Alfred Akpan-Ikot Ada Udo, Chief Fidelis Oguru Oruma and Eric Dooh sit in the court in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 October 2012. PHOTO/EPA/Robin Utrecht
Nigerian farmers asked a Dutch court Thursday to rule that oil company Shell is liable for poisoning their fish ponds and farmland with leaking pipelines, in a case that could set a legal precedent for holding multinationals responsible for actions overseas.
The case at The Hague Civil Court
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