Ben Amunwa
Contracts Curse: Leaked Oil Deals Put Ugandans at Risk
Oil contracts signed secretly in Uganda and exposed by PLATFORM will allow major oil companies to flare gas with impunity in the country’s Lake Alberta region on the border with Congo. As the New York Times reports:
“There are no provisions for fines or penalties in the event of an oil spill or other problems,” Mr. [...]
Shell Leaks Blast Company’s Record on Nigeria
Concerned employees could be joining global campaigners to demand changes from Shell; including an end to daily gas flaring and oil spills in the Niger Delta. Stories in the Financial Times and The Times today revealed that:
Contact details for 176,000 employees and contractors of Royal Dutch Shell have been sent to environmental and human rights [...]
Breaking: Shell to stand trial in the Hague for Nigeria oil spills
Positive news this morning as a Dutch court ruling announced that four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands can hold Royal Dutch Shell and Shell Nigeria accountable, a short distance from Shell’s global headquarters in The Hague. For more details please see the press release from Friends of the Earth Netherlands. If found [...]
Visit Nigeria! a video tour
A selection of sights and sounds from the Niger Delta, courtesy of Friends of the Earth, whose court case against Shell’s oil spills began on 3rd December in The Hague.
Find out more details about the case here, and read an article by Niger Delta activist and lawyer Chima Williams here.
Guardian Comment: Shell must clean up its act in Nigeria
Niger Delta activist and lawyer Chima Williams writes in The Guardian Comment is Free section today, revealing some of the ugly details of the Shell oil spills case in The Hague and placing Shell’s appalling environmental record under scrutiny:
As Nigerian villagers take Shell to court over huge oil spills, it’s time for the group to [...]
Four Nigerian Farmers Take Shell to Court in the Hague
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Oil Multinational Charged in the Hague For Pollution in Nigeria
Tuesday 1 st December
Amsterdam & London – A unique court case, brought by four Nigerian victims of Shell oil spills, in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Netherlands, begins on Thursday 3rd December in the court at The Hague. This is the first time [...]
Shaping the Future: global art residency launched by families of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Stephen Lawrence
‘Shaping the Future’: a PLATFORM residency programme of art, activism and education launched with a fiery spectacle at 5pm on Tuesday 10th November at the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Lewisham, London. ‘Shaping the Future’ is led by the arts and ecology group PLATFORM, and speakers at the launch included the Mayor of Greenwich, Doreen Lawrence, [...]
NNEKA: Live in London
4th November 2009, University of London Union:
MOBO award winning artist-activist NNEKA will play London’s ULU on 4th November, and when NNEKA sings, the outrage of the Niger Delta collides with hip-hop, Afrobeat and soul. The result is an outstanding performance that has made her music a huge success.
Her songs call for justice with an unforgettable [...]
NNEKA triumphs at MOBO awards
Can you feel
My heart is beating?
Many times she sang those words, wrapping up the pain and endurance of Niger Deltans, for years she shook the wall of indifference around her, and finally, we were moved.
On 1st October, NNEKA was awarded this years’ MOBO (Music of Black Origin) prize for best African Artist. NNEKA is an [...]
