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Oil Multinational Corporations, Environmental Irresponsibility and Turbulent Peace in the Niger Delta

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  • Daniel E. Agbiboa
  • Benjamin Maiangwa

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For many oil-bearing communities in petro-states around the world, the net effects of oil exploration have not only been devastating, but have also highlighted the double standards that are often applied by oil multinational corporations (MNCs). These organisations are far more likely to demand environmental and social mitigation efforts in the developed world than they are in a developing country. This paper seeks to demonstrate how the continued irresponsible activities of oil MNCs – specifically Shell – have fuelled restive conditions of ethnic militancy, brazen human rights abuses, environmental degradation and unsustainable peace in the Niger Delta. The paper particularly assesses the impact of the 2009 amnesty programme that was initiated to halt the downward spiral into violence in the Niger Delta and resolve the region’s socio-economic challenges. The conclusion of this paper canvasses for greater social-ecological justice as a way forwards in addressing the Niger Delta conflict.

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  • Daniel E. Agbiboa & Benjamin Maiangwa, 2013. "Oil Multinational Corporations, Environmental Irresponsibility and Turbulent Peace in the Niger Delta," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 48(2), pages 71-83.
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    1. Michael Watts, 2007. "Petro-Insurgency or Criminal Syndicate? Conflict & Violence in the Niger Delta," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(114), pages 637-660, December.
    2. Kenneth Omeje, 2004. "The state, conflict & evolving politics in the Niger Delta, Nigeria," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(101), pages 425-440, September.
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