An oil wellhead in Ogoniland, Niger delta. Photograph: Amnesty International UK The air stinks, the water stinks, and even the fish and crabs caught in Bodo creek smell of pure “sweet bonny” light crude oil. It has found its way deep into the village wells, it lies thick in the mud flats and there are [...]
Tags: Martyn Day, Niger, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Ogoni people, Oil spill, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Nigeria
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The four Kenyans who were given the go-ahead at the high court to sue the British government over alleged colonial atrocities committed during the Mau Mau uprising. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Four Kenyans who claimed they were tortured at the hands of colonial officials during the Mau Mau insurgency in the 1950s have won the right [...]
Tags: British Empire, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Office, Government of the United Kingdom, Kenya, Martyn Day, Mau Mau Uprising, Torture
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