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United Nations Extends Mandate Against Somali Pirates for Another Year

United Nations Extends Mandate Against Somali Pirates for Another Year

The UN Security Council has renewed for another 12 months the authorization given by Resolution 1846 (2008) for states and regional organizations to enter Somali territorial waters in their fight against piracy. In resolution 1897 adopted unanimously,...
Shell Agrees $15.5m Settlement Over Saro-Wiwa Execution, Other Rights Abuses

Shell Agrees $15.5m Settlement Over Saro-Wiwa Execution, Other Rights Abuses

The oil giant Shell has agreed to pay $15.5m in settlement of a legal action over its alleged collaboration in the execution of the literary icon and environmentalists Ken Saro-Wiwa, alongside eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe of southern Nigeria. The...
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