The Shell oil company is back in court after lawyers representing a Nigerian fishing community took legal action in the UK. The suit was filed after negotiations for compensation of damage caused by oil spills broke down. [BBC]
Accounts of ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and rape are prompting comparisons to Darfur by observers in Sudan and South Sudan. [Washington Post]
Indigenous Ecuadorians are protesting the government’s plans for massive mining projects that would damage the environment and threaten drinking water supplies. [Christian Science Monitor]
Ethiopia’s recent attacks on Eritrea have gone unchallenged by the international community. The silence could be attributed to Eritrea’s hand in violence in neighboring countries and its support of anti-western and insurgent groups. [The Guardian]
Amnesty International reports that cases of human rights abuses in Cuba have increased dramatically over the past two years as the government steps up its arrests and harassment of citizens for expressing their beliefs. [BBC]
