On this day in 1995, Nigeria – under the military regime of General Sani Abacha – executed nine Indigenous environmental organisers, known as the Ogoni 9. They had been defending the Ogoni lands from environmental destruction by major oil companies such as Shell (a company that is currently embroiled in legal disputes over its irresponsible practices in the country, which have devastated local fishing communities). Not long after the executions, Shell announced a huge multi-billion-dollar gas project in Nigeria.
Reshaping The Narrative
