Delta del Niger

The Supreme Court of London has decided to give voice to continue human rights violations perpetrated on the inhabitants of the Niger River coast by the local supply chain of the multinational oil company Shell.The decision was taken following complaints from over 13,000 farmers and fishermen in the communities of Ogale and Billeper regarding the damage caused by decades of continuous oil extraction in the Nigerian republic.The ruling of the English Court therefore provides for the start of a trial in which, however, the opposing party has already declared that "Shell has no intention of leaving Nigeria", despite the fact that the institutions have ascertained the company's responsibility for the pollution of the territory where it operates.The environmental and human health damage caused by the oil spill have tragically outlined a contamination with roots too deep to be ignored any longer. For over 60 years the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) extracts o...