#oilexploitation — Public Fediverse posts
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> [in 1995]... #KenSaroWiwa and the other members of the Ogoni Nine were hanged in Port Haurcourt, Nigeria. #SaroWiwa was a writer, environmental activist, and outspoken critic of Shell’s destruction of #Ogoniland. He accused #Shell of waging an ecological war against the Ogoni, co-founding the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (#MOSOP) to protect their rights and protest the devastating effects of Shell’s #OilExploitation on their land.
https://humanrightsclinic.law.harvard.edu/remembering-ken-saro-wiwa-the-struggle-continues-in-the-niger-delta/
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It is one of the world's poorest countries - which is also home to the world’s second-largest rainforest and critically important ecosystem.But change is on ...
DRC oil exploration: Villagers say drilling will harm their land -
Rights to explore for oil in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are up for auction with potentially devastating impacts for a critical ecosystem and the co...
DR Congo rainforest at risk as government plans to sell rights to look for oil