Nigeria
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Netherlands : Shell to explain its role in Nigeria
26 January 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Kroll, Le Soir (Brussels): New Year resolutions
4 January 2010 -
Kroll, Le Soir (Brussels): New Year resolutions
4 January 2010 -
Renewable energy: Will Africa's rivers and sun power Europe?
25 August 200953 The Independent London -
Petrol: For a few barrels more
23 July 2009172 Vrij Nederland Amsterdam -
United Kingdom: Making prisons “comfortable” in Nigeria
9 July 2009PresseuropThe Daily Mail -
Health: Patently cruel
19 June 200914 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Netherlands: Shell cuts deal with truth
11 June 2009PresseuropTrouw
Two massive power-generating schemes have been launched in recent weeks. One offers to create the world's largest solar farm, the other to create the biggest hydroelectric dam on the planet. While situated in Africa, they both aim to export electricity to Europe. The Independent weighs up the pros and cons of two ambitious projects, which, according to many critics, smacks of a colonial style power grab.
Royal Dutch Shell is the world's biggest company, according to Fortune rankings. It's also more ecological, more transparent, and safer, its new directors proclaim. At the end of June, the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland published a lengthy investigation of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant. A big carbon footprint, oil spills, and serious shadowy areas persist. Excerpts follow.
European customs often seize medicines bound for developing countries on the basis of suspected violation of patent rights. Humanitarian organisations denounce this practice which, they argue, benefits pharmaceutical companies to the detriment of the world's poor.