Shell to pay $111m over decades-old oil spills in Nigeria
by Agence-France Presse from on (#5N7KT)
Company maintains oil spills in 1970 were caused by third parties during civil war
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay around 95m (80.4m/$111.6m) to communities in southern Nigeria over crude oil spills in 1970, lawyers involved in the case have said.
The decision is the latest involving Opec-member Nigeria's oil-producing south where communities have long fought legal battles over oil spills and environmental damage.
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