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

submitted 4 days ago by CityPop@lemmy.today to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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 4 days ago

The oil industry is big there.