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 Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal  Map of Bodo Nigeria| Nigeria Delta: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills | |
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 More economic woe for Ebola nations  Liberia: The World Bank has revised downwards its growth projections for the 3 nations worst hit by the current outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
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 Ebola: Experimental drug Zmapp is '100% effective' Canada: The only clinical trial data on the experimental Ebola drug Zmapp shows it is 100% effective in monkey studies, even in later stages of the ...
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West Africa flight ban over Ebola Liberia: Asky, a major West African airline has stopped flying to Liberia and Sierra Leone amid growing concern about the spread of the deadly Ebola ...
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 Nigeria is Africa's biggest economy Nigeria has 'rebased' its gross domestic product (GDP) data, which has pushed it above South Africa as the continent's biggest economy
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Shell faces Nigeria spill case Netherlands: Oil giant Shell is due to appear in court in the Netherlands to face charges of polluting Nigerian villages
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Nigeria 'to cut price of petrol' President Goodluck Jonathan has announced an immediate drop in the price of fuel, following a week of strikes and protests
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 No deal at Nigeria strike talks Talks between the government and trade union leaders have failed to reach a compromise over the removal of fuel subsidies
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Nigeria fury at fuel price rises| Ordinary Nigerians and trade unionists have condemned the government for withdrawing a fuel price subsidy | |
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Nigeria to remove fuel subsidies The Nigerian authorities have announced the start of a controversial plan to scrap fuel subsidies - which is expected to push up petrol pric...
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Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims Oilfield contractor has agreed to pay Nigeria $35 million to settle allegations that led to charges against former VP Dick Cheney and other executives
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Cotton subsidies 'should be cut'
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Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste' Netherlands: A Dutch court has found multinational Trafigura guilty of illegally exporting toxic waste from Amsterdam and concealing the nature of the ca...
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 Rio Tinto signs mining deal with Chinalco  Australia: The Anglo-Australian mining company has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore mine in West Africa
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Violence fed by ethnic, economic issues. Nigeria
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Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts| Ivory Coast: Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste | |
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Settlement eyed in toxic waste. Ivory Coast
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Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist
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Delta denied to Nairobi, Monrovia. USA
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Rebels declare 'oil war'. Nigeria Delta
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Seized oil workers freed. Nigeria
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Oil firms cut output Nigeria: Industrial action and attacks from militants have forced Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to cut their production
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IMF ready to cancel Liberia debt
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Liberia lifts diamond mining ban
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Unions end fuel strike. Nigeria
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Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer Nigeria accusing the pharmaceutical company of carrying out improper trials for an anti-meningitis drug
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Trade to top China-Africa summit| Beijing: More than 40 African heads of state have gathering for a summit with China on trade and investment | |
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Nigeria settles Paris Club debt Nigeria is becoming the first African nation to settle with its lenders to clear the way for greater spending
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President offers Delta boost Nigeria Delta: Obasanjo has promised thousands more jobs and a new motorway for the oil-rich region
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Fuel price strike starts| Nigeria: A 4-day general strike. More strikes would follow if a 25% increase was not reversed | |
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 Relief food ship docks Liberia: Aid workers are preparing to feed thousands of famished people
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General strike Nigeria: The strike has paralysed most of the main cities and brought commercial life to a standstill. Offices have shut down
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