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Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha hangs nine people from the Ogoni people

29
years ago

10 November 1995,

Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha hanged nine people from the town of Ogoni. They were members of the Ogoni People's Survival Movement, including the famous writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, very uncomfortable for the government.

The people of Ogoni were in a long battle to denounce that the oil company Shell contaminated their lands and stole resources.

Source:

Josep Fontana, For the Sake of Empire (Past and Present).

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