Monday, September 9, 2013

Nigeria begins process of seeking damages from Shell resulting from oil spill damage

Environmental Damage caused by past oil spill in Nigeria. PHOTO/File

Royal Dutch Shell officials on Monday began talks in Nigeria's southern city of Port Harcourt with representatives for the Bodo community on compensation and cleanup five years after one of the worst oil spills in Nigeria's history.

Some experts say two oil spills that started in 2008 led to the largest loss of a mangrove habitat ever caused by an oil spill, affecting about 30,000 people in the Niger Delta area since

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