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Nigerian Activists Offer Mixed Reactions on Oil Cleanup Project in Niger
Delta

Chika Oduah

   ENUGU, NIGERIA - The Niger Delta is where Africa's largest oil producer
   pumps out its most lucrative natural resource.

   But while companies like Shell and ExxonMobile operate there and
   extract billions of dollars worth of crude oil, most of the people in
   the region are extremely poor. Their traditional livelihoods as farmers
   and fishermen have been badly affected by more than 6,000 oil spills
   that have damaged the environment over the past 50 years.

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