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BP using crackdown to steamroll unpopular project in Egypt
BP is back in Cairo. The multinational never quite left, but intense community opposition put its flagship North Alexandra project on hold during the last three years. With former military leader Abdel Fattah El-Sisi firmly installed in the President’s chair, now BP has seen an opportunity to restart drilling and construction. CEO Bob Dudley was…
21 Jul 2014 admin -
All that Glitters. Azerbaijan and the Olympics
Landing at Heydar Aliyev Airport in Baku I thought I knew what to expect. This was my second trip to Azerbaijan’s capital city, and I still had vivid memories of my first, the year before. Back then, I arrived at night and Baku seemed like one of the most opulent places on earth. The drive…
10 Jul 2014 admin -
Shell in the High Court today
Lazarus Tamana Coordinator of MOSOP Europe writes from court today. Today is the preliminary judgement in the case brought by the people of Bodo in Ogoni by legal firm Leigh Day & Co against Shell. The judgement will form the legal issues that will be part of the trial expected to take place at the High Court in London in…
20 Jun 2014 admin -
Shell chief to visit Nigeria in effort to clean up oil spills
Terry Macalister, The Guardian
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UNEP report: a vote against Shell
Ishaya Ibrahim, The Niche, Lagos
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Stop playing games with Ogoni people, activists tell Shell
Ben Ezeamalu, Premium Times, Nigeria
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Shell’s ‘polluted promises’ in Nigeria means it’s time for #ActionSaroWiwa
This week sees the publication of our latest briefing Polluted Promises, How Shell failed to clean up in Ogoniland, based on research done on the ground in the Niger Delta in October 2013 by our campaigner Sarah Shoraka, with allies from the Delta. The new report and research was covered in the Daily Mail yesterday.…
28 May 2014 admin -
‘Cleaned’ Nigerian sites still blighted by oil
Rob Davies, Daily Mail
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20 year’s since Ken Saro Wiwa’s arrest – 20 years of Shell’s inaction
Twenty years ago today, Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested for the final time. Eighteen months later he and eight others were dead; hanged by the Nigerian military government on trumped up charges, for campaigning against Shell’s destruction of their home. Today is also Shell’s London AGM – a chance to foreground the voices of those still…
22 May 2014 admin
