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UN Agency Decries 'Shocking Scale' of Attacks on Children in Conflict Zones
child in school in Yemen
In a "World of Plenty," G7 Must Fight Famine
Tharanga Yakupitiyage, IPS News
A child from drought-stricken southern Somalia who survived the long journey to an aid camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu. (Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPS)
'Political failure has led to these crises—political leadership is needed to resolve them'
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Leaked Emails Show Big Oil Execs Oversaw 'Vast Bribery Scheme' in Nigeria
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
"Today's new evidence shows senior executives at the world's fifth biggest company knowingly entered a corrupt deal that deprived the Nigerian people of $1.1billion," said Global Witness co-founder Simon Taylor. "That is more than the country's entire health budget for 2016." (Photo: AP)
'This is one of the worst corruption scandals the oil industry has ever seen,...
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In Oil-Soaked Niger Delta, 'Avengers' Bombing Pipelines in Struggle for Compensation
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Niger Delta Avengers say they are behind a spate of recent attacks on fossil...
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Nigeria Oil Well Protest Spotlights 'Destroyed Livelihoods and Betrayed Hopes'
Over 5 Million Nigerians Urge Government to Reject Monsanto Crops
'Devastated Lives': Shell Sued Again over Catastrophic Spills in Nigeria
'Landslide Victory' for Farmers as Court Rules Against Shell
Satellite Images Reveal 'Devastation of Catastrophic Proportions' From Massacre in Nigeria
As World's Eyes on Paris, Attacks in Nigeria 'Should Be Searing Conscience of the World'
Shell To Pay $84 Million for Nigerian Oil Spills: 'Inadequate for Damage Done'
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a 'Public Health Emergency'
First Ignored by US, Nigeria Abductions Grab Spotlight
In Nigeria, Mothers of 'Stolen' Schoolgirls Demand Action
At Least 71 Dead in Nigerian Bus Station Bombing
Shell Oil Spill Victims Reject 'Derisory and Insulting' Compensation Offer

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New Leaks Show Shell Oil Executives At Center Of Billion Dollar Bribery Scheme Involving Some Of The Most Powerful Officials In Nigeria
Doctors Without Borders
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Amnesty International
Niger Delta: Government Clean-Up Does Not Let Shell Off the Hook
Amnesty International
Nigeria: Two Years After Chibok Abductions it is Time to #BringBackOurGirls
Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Nigerians Overwhelmingly Reject Monsanto’s Risky GM Maize and Cotton
Food & Water Watch
Fearing Environmental Terrorism, Advocates Call on Nigerian Government to Help Return Abducted International Environmental Activist to Safety
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