Communities in Nigeria win pay out over oil spills

Oil company Shell will pay $16m to communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria which have been heavily affected by their oil spills.

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