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No Justice for Immigrant Killed During Forced Deportation in Zurich

Ray Smith, IPS News. February 19, 2012.

Two years after a Nigerian asylum seeker died during a forced deportation attempt from Switzerland, the prosecution has dismissed the case, leaving nobody responsible.

How Deep Is the Republican Christian Right's Connection to the Anti-Gay Bills Sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa?

Kristin Rawls, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

As the horrific "kill-the-gays" bill resurfaces in Uganda, Republican politicians deny connections, but their rhetoric is frighteningly similar.

Nigerian Oil Pollution May Need World's Biggest Clean-up and Take 30 Years

Ola Awoniyi, AFP. August 7, 2011.

Activists reacted to the report by harshly criticizing oil giant Shell, historically Nigeria's largest producer.

Teens Locked Up and Forced to Give Birth to Kids Sold into Slavery -- How Can This Happen, and What Can We Do About It?

Jessica Mack, AlterNet. June 10, 2011.

Last week, BBC broke the story of what has been dubbed a "baby farm" in southern Nigeria. Now that we know this, what are we going to do about it?

Tribal Plate Tectonics: The Supposed Christian-Muslim Vendetta in West Africa Is a Front for a Much Simpler Story

Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. April 18, 2011.

What the election riots in Northern Nigeria, a military mutiny in Burkina Faso, and massacres in Ivory Coast have in common.

Secret Erik Prince/Blackwater Tape Exposed

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. May 4, 2010.

The reclusive Blackwater founder tries to ban journalists and recorders from his speeches in front of friendly audiences. This time he failed.

Does a Senior Obama Official Have Unseemly Ties to Notorious Human-Rights Abuser Chevron?

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.

The story of this slick oil company's romance with the government has recently taken a crude twist.

Shell's Settlement Doesn't Hide Unsettling Realities in Nigeria

Steve Kretzmann, Huffington Post. June 11, 2009.

If Shell's CEO really cared about the Ogoni people, he would end practices that continue to ruin their lives.

The Video Shell Oil Desperately Doesn't Want You to See

Han Shan, Huffington Post. May 26, 2009.

Business as usual: Shell is trying to suppress the truth.

Drilling and Killing: Landmark Trial Against Chevron Begins Over its Role in the Niger Delta

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 29, 2008.

In 1998, Nigerian protesters occupying a Chevron oil platform were jailed and murdered. Now, the case is in a U.S. court.

Africa: The Next Victim in Our Quest for Cheap Oil

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 14, 2008.

The new book Curse of the Black Gold shows how Nigeria may be the epicenter of the full-blown resource wars to come.

Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the Law and Out of Control

Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.

Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.

"I Was Shot by Soldiers Bought and Paid for by Chevron"

Larry Bowoto, AlterNet. May 29, 2008.

Chevron must admit it has used and paid Nigerian police and military to act as company thugs to harm and scare the local population.