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Vol 65 No 4

Published 15th February 2024


Nigeria

UN breaks with scandal-hit pollution agency

Theft of oil spill clean-up funds in Ogoniland is set to continue as the UN Environment Programme cuts ties with HYPREP

Activists and environmentalists looking for a policy change on the troubled US$1 billion clean-up project in the Niger Delta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government have been disappointed. Successive cases of malfeasance have tarnished the reputations of officials working on the project and raised concerns with the UN which has severed links with it.

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