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January 3, 2012

Nigerian Protesters Demand Shell Clean Up Massive Oil Spill 
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In news from Africa, a group of Nigerian protesters marched in the Niger
Delta on Saturday calling on Royal Dutch Shell to do more to clean up
last month's massive oil spill. Thirteen villages in the Niger Delta
have already been affected by the spill — the largest in Nigeria in 13
years. Protesters said the spill is killing off fish in the ocean.

Jacob Uka, community chairman: "The pollution is there, the problem is
there, so we can not go to the river, being we are based on fishing,
there is no way we can live with our families ... please and please ...
in order for peace to reign let the federal government look into this
problem immediately."



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