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Slick: 3. Black creeks

The CompassSlick: The Story of Oil, Shell and Nigeria
Episode 3 of 4

How does oil pollution affect Ogoniland today?

BBC West Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones travels to the creeks of the Niger Delta to investigate the impact that oil pollution continues to have on communities and their environment. What she finds is alarming. And she speaks to Shell to ask them who is to blame for the ongoing environmental damage.

Presenter: Mayeni Jones.
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Editor: Bridget Harney

(Photo: Landscape destroyed by oil pollution. Image courtesy of Fyneface Dumnamene)

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Sun 24 Apr 202210:32GMT
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