Oil giant Shell admits it fuels Nigeria violence

“The behaviour of Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria is often indirectly responsible for a vicious cycle of violence and corruption that results in the theft of its crude oil, a leaked report funded by the oil giant says.

An increase in crime in the poverty-stricken Niger Delta could force Shell out of onshore production in Africa’s largest oil producer by 2008, the WAC Global Services report said.

Shell executives admitted the company had inadvertently added to the violence, saying it was difficult to operate ethically in the Niger Delta and that its attempts at community development “had been less than perfect”.

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