http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/566/ en_GB_uk Nigeria http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164010/1/ A catastrophe is unfolding in the Niger Delta. Entire communities are devastated. The land they have lived on for generations is poisoned. Behind this catastrophe is a UK company – Shell. But they’re hiding behind a smokescreen of denials and excuses. It’s time this stopped – it’s time Shell was called to account. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85913 Lasting respite seems to have returned to Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta with the declaration of an "indefinite ceasefire" by the main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163867/1/ Climate Camp protesters at Ratcliffe have a clear message. No more coal. Does this attribute of simplicity compromise the bigger picture of developing countries which lack electricity? http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85576 Conflicts in Afghanistan, China, Chechnya and Nigeria deteriorated in July 2009 and the situation in Guinea-Bissau improved, according to the International Crisis Group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85550 Nigerian troops are hunting for the remnants of Boko Haram, an Islamist group that has been on a killing spree in the country's north. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85508 An unusual Twitter campaign to persuade the Nigerian government to remedy the lack of electricity. Global Dashboard http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85434 The situation in the Niger Delta is a “human rights tragedy,” warns an international rights group, which says that the people of the region have seen their human rights abused by oil companies that their government cannot or will not hold to account. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163149/1/ While the world watches the stand-off between the Iranian government and protesters, the end-game begins in Nigeria between its own angry mob of citizens railing against the establishment. Nicholas Benequista reports. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162993/1/ Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting became a referendum on the company’s global operating practices, with hundreds rallying outside the meeting against the oil giant’s environmental and human rights record. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162969/1/ Civil society groups are urging the US to intervene to stop what they describe as a full-scale Nigerian military assault against anti-oil industry activism in the Niger Delta. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162203/1/ In the same week, OneWorld UK gave presentations at the World Economic Forum in Davos and in the state of Bauchi in northern Nigeria. Pioneering applications of mobile phone technology are the common factor. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161684/1/ A San Francisco jury begins deliberations today in a precedent-setting civil case that seeks to hold oil giant Chevron liable in the US for human rights abuses in Nigeria. + OneWorld's Nigeria Guide http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161494/1/ A visit to my local hospital reminds me that we might be branded as hypocrites in the UK if we criticize countries like Nigeria for corruption. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84426 Hundreds of people on death row in Nigeria did not have a fair trial and may be innocent, according to a new report, which says the country's criminal justice system is "riddled with corruption, negligence and a nearly criminal lack of resources". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84018 Petroleum-fuelled prosperity is masking the challenge of oil depletion and removing the sense of urgency that is desperately needed to promote diversification in oil-exporting states, a report warns.