Shell to pay €15m to Ogoni farmers over pollution

A Dutch appeals court ruled last year, following 13 years of legal battles, that Shell’s Nigerian branch must pay out for a series of leaks and that the parent company must install new pipeline equipment to prevent further devastating spills.

Shell said on Friday that it had reached a deal with the Dutch environmental group Milieudefensie that has helped the affected communities.

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