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Shell to pay $16m over oil spills in Nigeria

Oil leaks have caused huge damage to communities across the Niger Delta region.

Oil company, Shell, will pay $16m to communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, which were affected by oil spills between 2004 and 2007.

We hear the latest updates from the attempted coup in The Gambia.

The Resident Presidents discuss the twists and turns of South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa.

And we meet, Jackie Ankrah a gospel musician, songwriter, broadcaster and actress from Ghana.

(Photo: A fisherman stands in the river during low tide at Ogoniland's village of K-Dere, which is part of the Niger Delta region: Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images).

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Fri 23 Dec 202215:06GMT
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