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Nigeria's Ogoniland is dirtier than estimated despite landmark oil cleanup

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Pollution in Nigeria's Ogoniland, which has been part of a landmark cleanup effort involving the United Nations Environmental Programme, could be worse than it previously estimated, a group monitoring the project said in a statement this week.

Ogoniland is a flashpoint for pollution and social justice in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region. The $1 billion cleanup launched in 2018 following a comprehensive 2011 UNEP study.

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