Nigeria, Shell not cleaning oil pollution: report

By Maram Mazen

Published August 4, 2014 1:22am ET

Nigeria, Shell not cleaning oil pollution: report — FILE - In this June Sunday 20, 2010 file photo, men walk in an oil slick covering a creek near Bodo City in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Little action has been taken to clean up pollution caused by oil production in Nigeriaâs Niger Delta region, either by the government or Shell Oil, Amnesty International and other groups charged Monday. Aug. 4, 2014. Oil production has contaminated the drinking water of at least 10 communities in the Ogoniland area but neither the Nigerian government nor Royal Dutch Shell's Nigeria subsidiary have taken effective measures to restore the fouled environment, said the new report by Amnesty International, Friends of The Earth Europe, Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, Environmental Rights Action, and Platform. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) | Sunday Alamba

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Little action has been taken to clean up pollution caused by oil production in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, either by the government or Shell Oil, Amnesty International and other groups charged Monday.

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