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Posts published in August 2010

UNEP Points Finger at Criminals in the Niger Region

A number of newspapers report this morning that a UNEP report examining oil spills in the Niger region of Nigeria is set to argue that the main proportion of spills causing widespread environmental damage and human suffering in the region is caused by criminal activity. The report (to be published later this year) points out that 90% of the oil spills are a result of criminal gangs stealing oil.  These claims are in themselves interesting as multinational corporations, in particular Shell, have often come in for heavy criticism as a result of their activities in the Niger Delta (often rightly…