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US launches 'powerful strikes' against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by CityPop@lemmy.today to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I didn't know there was oil in Nigeria. You learn something new every day.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Nigeria has a lot of oil. It's a wealthy country but the wealth has never reached ordinary people. Shell has done very well out of Nigerian oil, polluting people's lands terribly and working with corrupt governments to execute those who dared protest.

Shell: A criminal enterprise? (Amnesty International UK)

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So...business as usual.

I mean big business as usual.

I mean too big to fail business as usual.

Corporate greed at it's ~~best~~ usual.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

The oil industry is big there.