AMY GOODMAN: The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $15.5 million settlement to avoid a trial over its alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta. The case was ...

The complaint alleged that officials from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, asked government troops to shoot villagers protesting against the construction of ...

Jeroen van der Veer might have ­expected to step down from the chief executive role at Shell next month showered in praise for resurrecting one of the world's biggest, although heavily tarnished ...

A boat guide drives a speed boat as oil slick splashes on the water through the Bodo creek in Ogoniland near Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 4, 2012. Despite billions of dollars worth ...