the communities which suffered from the pollution that in baba reports most of the gully in the niger delta is now a wasteland nothing much grows on the farms and what does is too toxic to eat the series of oil spills and leaks have killed off the fish population which used to provide a living for many people. and the king of a galley says his community is paying a high price for welcoming multinational oil companies here decades ago given our land to them. we've got enough you kill my people your poor load my environment you destroy the ethical and the system of a people for life and then you go to court a year ago the oh golly and the smaller community took royal dutch shell to court in london where it has its headquarters there seeking compensation and action to clean up the damage arguing nigerian courts are too slow and often corrupt but judges ruled the case should be heard in the nigerian justice system the company also insists recent problems were caused by pipelines being sabotaged on tuesday it told al-jazeera the judge correctly decided that the holding company royal dutch shell

ian squire was an optician giving free medical aid to a rural community in the niger delta. tate and particularly for british people? well, it‘s extremely risky and not just for british people, but for many other people. i know a number of friends of mine, nigerians, who now have had time going back to niger delta and some parts fearing to be kidnapped for money. but here in particular is a very dangerous place. more so because in recent times the whole peace process has broken down. although this particular problem of people kidnapped for money, many times they‘re not killed, they‘re usually kidnapped for money, it‘s something that‘s been going on father a long time but within i think the wider context of the breakdown of the political situation in that area. because people tend to think of the north as being more dangerous in nigeria because of bbcing. but this area “— nigeria because of bbcing. but this area —— because of boko haram. but this area is known as being risky? we have had some peace within the place in terms of dialogue between the nigerian government and the l

holding company royal dutch shell had no legal responsibility for harm to the communities in the niger delta caused by criminal interference in nigeria with the operations of a joint venture in which the nigerian government owns a majority interest nigeria has a well developed justice system that is capable of dealing with these claims. you know you can smell benzene the minute you turn on the tap the united nations investigation found high levels of contamination in underground water reserves that people here use for drinking and washing. because. we're having. these communities continue to live which absent from the levels of pollution which anywhere else in the world would have been dealt with years ago toiling on except shell makes billions to nigeria each year and these these communities in the state of absolute devastation it's going to lawyers for the nigerian claimants who will be referring to previous legal victories in twenty fifteen a coach in the netherlands ruled that the company was legally responsible for its nigerian subsidiary the firm also agreed to pay tens of millions of

it's just that it's simply not profitable enough to do so in poor regions like the niger delta. thanks to gas which is being flat can simply be called back to do before i made available for it won't use so it's of use increasing. no you move why would would you want to have a direct impact forcing you know forest lake george or the villagers around where the gas is with the use of firewood for your kids for your source of energy so even guys made cheap and we can afford it then they would have to call that. when approached shell refused to comment on the accusations the company shied away from this kind of publicity many of its gas players are barely accessible hidden deep in the jungle. it's a well known residence complain about health issues experts confirm the devastating environmental consequences to the international eye firms remain silent obviously a successful strategy many members of the local political elite seem to be more concerned about oil profits than about environmental damages however we do find a small oil company that's prepared to talk to us. petro diaz says

ian squire was an optician giving free medical aid to a rural community in the niger delta.t know whether he was killed during the release or whether he died during the last couple of weeks when he was being held hostage. we are still waiting for that information. what we do know is that the four medical missionaries, shirley and david donovan, who had said up this foundation ten years ago in this area in the niger delta, and the opticians they brought with them on this trip were all taken on the 13th of october in the middle of the night by an armed group from this very rural town where they were working. they were there to do assessments for hundreds of local people. they planned to do cataract operations in january. and who do we think was behind the kidnapping? we visited the area last week and we we re visited the area last week and we were told by locals in the community that there is a criminal gang, a small gang that had been operating forjust over a year in the area, carrying out petty crime. they were led by a young man about 25 years old. this is theirfirst kidnap

it's just that it's simply not profitable enough to do so in poor regions like the niger delta. the gas which is being flat can simply be called back to do before i have made available what it would use to ease of use increasing the way you move forward would you want to have a direct impact forcing you know forest in the georgia or the villages around where the gas is with the use of firewood for you looking for your source of energy so even guys made cheap and they can afford it then they would have to kowtow to when approached shell refused to comment on the accusations the company shied away from this kind of publicity many of its gas players are barely accessible hidden deep in the jungle. it's a well known part of residents complain about health issues experts confirm the devastating environmental consequences to the international i firms remain silent obviously a successful strategy many members of the local political elite seem to be more concerned about oil profits than about environmental damages however we do find a small oil company that's prepared to talk to us. as

costs of shell says the case should be dealt with in nigeria the reports most of a gully in the niger delta is now a wasteland nothing much grows on the farms and what does is to talk sick to eat the series of oil spills and leaks have killed off the fish population which used to provide a living for many people. and the king of a galley says his community is paying a high price for welcoming multinational oil companies here decades ago given our land to them. got in you killed my people your poor load my environment you destroy the ethical and the system of a people for life and then you go to court a year ago the or garley in the smaller community took royal dutch shell to court in london where it has its headquarters there seeking compensation and action to clean up the damage arguing nigerian courts are too slow and often corrupt but judges ruled the case should be heard in the nigerian justice system the company also insists recent problems were caused by pipelines being sabotaged on tuesday it told al-jazeera the judge correctly decided that the holding company royal dutch shell had n

thousand active mongrel swamp in bordeaux one of the worst affected communities in the oil rich niger delta. one i want to focus on cleaning and restoring only one thousand hectares in bordeaux after four years of difficult engagement with the local community years of inaction by all companies and government in addition to more spills only made the devastation worse but the bigger cleanup is still at the planning stage there's a clear determination to make this work the impact to a clean up is not just from the spills we're talking about there's been lots of illegal activities around us but you know and all that and there's also one of the biggest concerns we have the illegal activities is talking about include some of the pipelines and the theft of oil and that is still happening at the construction of five huge reservoirs in qatar almost complete once finished they'll be among the world's largest reservoirs with a capacity of some one hundred million gallons of water each but is this project sustainable manoli visited the site. construction workers trickle through this large pool but in l

ian squire was an optician giving free medical aid to a rural community in the niger delta. just two weeks after formally adopting her. matthew scully—hicks, who‘s 31, inflicted numerous injuries on 18—month—old elsie over an eight—month period. here‘s our wales correspondent sian lloyd. ba by elsie, described as tiny and delicate but with a big personality. at ten months she was placed in the care of a couple with one child who wanted to adopt. within hours of matthew scully—hicks arriving at court this morning the jury had found the part—time fitness instructor guilty of her murder. the 31—year—old had covered up months of abuse to social workers, doctors and to his husband. our thoughts today are with little elsie and those who knew and loved her. her untimely death atjust 18 months old has had a devastating effect, first and foremost on herfamily who remain at most in our thoughts. this was the 999 call matthew scully—hicks made when elsie stopped breathing. i was just changing my daughter for bed and then she went all floppy and olympic, and now she'sjust not doing anyt

and it's just that it's simply not profitable enough to do so in poorer regions like the niger delta. the gas which is inflated can simply be called back to do before i made available for the people to use so instead of using cameras in the way you move forward would you want to have a direct impact or simply no forest make sure to all the villages around where the gas is with use of firewood for your source of energy so even guys made cheap and we can afford it then they would have to call that. one approach to show refused to comment on the accusations the company shies away from this kind of publicity many of its gas flares up barely accessible hidden deep in the jungle. it's a well known part of residents complained about health issues experts confirm the devastating environmental consequences of the international i firms remain silent obviously it's successful strategy many members of the local political elite seem to be more concerned about profits than about environmental damages however we do find a small oil company that's prepared to talk to us well i'm all deputy director p

nigerian justice system but i've also spoken to one of the lawyers for the communities from the niger delta which have been so hard hit by the oil spills and he is going to they're going to be arguing that the court here fails to look at documents and to hear oral witnesses providing. more details of the relationship between royal dutch shell which is based here in britain and its nigerian subsidiary now that could be crucial if the judges do actually admit fresh evidence talking about that relationship that's the crux of the matter really for both sides now the lawyer was was describing the way world that show has behaved towards those communities that you were seeing in homage report as really terrible we've heard about the health implications reports of increased instances of cancer of infertility and so on and just a year ago in fact i spoke to the king of the old galley people who you saw in that report in an extremely emotional state he brought over some of the water which each community use for drinking and for washing it was clearly contaminated with what seems to be benzene and tha