Review of African Political Economy
Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 32 No. 106
Oil and Injustice in Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa
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Abstract of Briefing
Title:Oil and Injustice in Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa
Author:Amnesty International
Location:Vol.32 No.106 (Dec 2005), pp636-637
 The execution of writer and human rights campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists, (the 'Ogoni nine') on 10 November 1995, raised a storm of outrage across the world. Their deaths highlighted the suffering of the Ogoni people in the oil-rich delta of the Niger river. The Nigerian government was widely denounced and the oil company Shell condemned for its ambiguous and belated interventions. But 10 years later, how much has changed for the people of the Niger Delta?

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