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Okrika, Rivers State, Children wash tent covers on pipe-lines. Capital of Okrika kingdom since the 17th century, it is the only place in Nigeria crossed by pipelines. They connect the Alesa-Eleme refinery built in 1965 by SHELL-BP and located at the

Bonny island, located in the Gulf of Guinea, Rivers State. During a rite of possession, the untouchable dancer, vehicle of a spirit, turns to the distant flare at the Bonny Island gas terminal. Bonny Island is home to Nigeria's most ambitious natura

Me Mujahidat Daba ASARI-DOKUBO, at her home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Her husband, Alhaji Mujahid ASARI-DOKUBO, leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, an armed Ijaw militia, was arrested on 20 Sept. 2005 by Nigerian law enforcemen

Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, first oil well dug in Nigeria in 1956 by SHELL, operated until the company left in 1972. Few compensations were paid. Today, local leaders are wondering whether the deposit is dry. A few years ago, a nearby well, which was

Chief WALLSON Ibegu, 70 years old, leader of Oloibiri community, where the first oil well was dug in Nigeria, by SHELL in 1956, Bayelsa State: "When SHELL prospectors came in 1953, we didn't even know what oil was. We thought they were looking for p

Oil wells of Italian AGIP, in the local community of Ebocha, Rivers State. 24 hours a day, in an irritating smell, the gases from the oil exploitation are burning at the top of four flares. A joint World Bank/UN report from 2004 points out that Nige

Local community of Ebocha, Rivers State. Oil well flares from the Italian company Agip, light up the surrounding bush. According to the World Bank and the UN, Nigeria releases 70 million m3 of CO2 into the atmosphere annually, contributing substanti

Ebocha, an oil exploitation of the Italian company Agip, whose torches have been burning, according to the "host" community, since the early 1970s. The torches seem to have inspired the name of the place. Indeed, Ebocha means "place where there is l

10 years after the execution by hanging of John B. KPUINEN her husband, an anti-Shell activist, Blessing KPUINEN, his widow buries him. The Federal Government of Nigeria recovered and returned the remains to the family. The body is now only a skelet

Bori, Rivers State, 40 kms of Port Harcourt. In the streets of the traditional capital of Ogoni people, a small ethnic group in the Delta, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) is organising a candlelight march to commemorate the

Bori, Rivers State, 40 kms of Port Harcourt. In the streets of the traditional capital of the Ogoni people, a small ethnic group in the Delta, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) is organizing a candlelight march to commemorate

Bori, traditional capital of the Ogoni, an ethnic group from the Delta, who chased Shell out of its territory, thanks to a movement of peaceful mass protest led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), but at the cost of the han

Ten years after the trial and hanging by the regime of General Sani ABACHA of leaders of MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) who peacefully managed to drive SHELL out of Ogoni territory, Blessing KPUINEN, widow of John B. KPUINEN,

On the road to Bori, traditional capital of the Ogoni, an ethnic group from the Delta who chased Shell out of its territory, thanks to a movement of peaceful mass protest led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), but at the c

Memorial church service in honour of Ken SARO-WIWA at the Anglican Church in Bori, traditional capital of the Ogoni land. Ten years ago, the ethnic group from the Delta expelled SHELL from its territory, through a movement of peaceful mass protest a

Memorial church service in honour of Ken SARO-WIWA at the Anglican Church in Bori, capital of the Ogonis Territory. Ten years ago, the ethnic group from the Delta expelled SHELL from its territory, through a movement of peaceful mass protest and civ

Memorial church service in honour of Ken SARO-WIWA at the Anglican Church in Bori, capital of the Ogoni land. Ten years ago, the 500,000-strong Delta ethnic group expelled SHELL from the territory in a major movement of peaceful protest and civil di

MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) demonstration in the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the oil capital of Nigeria, to commemorate the hanging of Ken SARO-WIWA, leader of the Ogoni protest. In the 1990s, he led his people

MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) demonstration in the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the oil capital of Nigeria, to commemorate the hanging of Ken SARO-WIWA, leader of the Ogoni protest who in the 1990s led his people a

Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the oil capital of Nigeria. End of the demonstration organized by MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the hanging of Ken SARO-WIWA, leader of the protest that in t

Along the banks of the fish farm of Chef Bavizaa M.T. DOOH's, built on his ancestor's land near Gokana, in Ogoni territory. The farm was destroyed and its activities destroyed by a huge fire caused by an oil leak in a nearby Shell pipeline in August

Chief Bavizaa M.T. DOOH, 73 years, contemplates the ruins of the vast henhouse of which he was so proud, in the farm he built with his hands, on the land of his ancestor, in the traditional kingdom of Gokana, in Ogoni country. A large fire caused by

Bomu fields, near the village of K-Dere, kingdom of Gokana. Historic Shell oil facility where the Anglo-Dutch company made its first crude oil discovery in Ogoni territory.

Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil capital, Rivers State. A choir of Ogoni women sing songs in praise of Ken SARO-WIWA and the struggle of MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) against Shell in the 1990s, at the launch

Village of K-Dere. Since the mid-1990s, following the struggle led by MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) and Ken SARO-WIWA, Shell has literally abandoned its oil wells in Ogoni country. But drop by drop, some are leaking. MOSOP Pr

In a cove in Ogoni country, children bathe in the river, from which villagers draw water for cooking. "The water smells like oil and leaves a greasy feel on the skin," says one of them. They say that since the big fire in August 2004 caused by a lea

Like all villages in Ogoni country, Sii suffered ten years ago from the violent campaign of military repression. Misery continues to reign there today. Sitting on the stoop of her house, the mother of Chief Benedict DEEZIM, the village chief, is wai

Although since the mid-1990s and the execution of Ken SARO-WIWA, the Anglo-Dutch giant Shell has not resumed operations in Ogoni territory, its pipelines run underground, connecting wells outside Ogoniland to the Bonny terminal open to the Atlantic

Although since the mid-1990s and the execution of Ken SARO-WIWA, the Anglo-Dutch giant Shell has not resumed operations in Ogoni territory, its pipelines run underground, connecting wells outside Ogoniland to the Bonny terminal open to the Atlantic

Firefighters from the Total oil platform at Amenam/Kpono in the Gulf of Guinea, in a position to intervene during the rotation of the helicopter that drops off part of the relief. Expatriates working on the platforms barely set foot on Nigerian soil

Total's Amenam/Kpono platform in the Gulf of Guinea. As a member of the Opec, Africa's largest crude oil producer, Nigeria extracts 2.5 million barrels per day from wells in the Delta region, the country's poorest region. It hopes to extract 4 milli

Total's Amenam/Kpono platform in the Gulf of Guinea. Twins whose specialty is scaffolding assembly. Nigerians often feel that they are the forgotten ones in the oil job market. In fact, structurally, the oil industry is capital-intensive, but genera

Au large des côtes nigérianes, un bateau fait la navette entre la plateforme Total Amenam/Kpono et une extension en phase d’achèvement. Prévu pour durer 25 ans, le champ pétrolier Amenam/Kpono doit permettre à la compagnie française de produire 125

In the Gulf of Guinea, inside the vessel carrying technicians from the Total Amenam/Kpono platform to an extension that is nearing completion.

Total's production platform and two extraction platforms, the Amenam/Kpono offshore complex, known as OML 99 (Oil Mining Lease), in the Gulf of Guinea. The insurrectionary situation in the delta is prompting oil companies to reposition their offshor

A French Total technician on night shift at the production platform of the Amenam/Kpono offshore complex (OML 99 - Oil Mining Lease) in the Gulf of Guinea. The African continent is not visible to the naked eye.

Total OML99 (Oil Mining Lease) offshore complex in the Gulf of Guinea. Using the flare as a giant alewife, Nigerian fishermen from the continent want to cast their lines at the foot of the platform. Sheltered from the structure, the fish thrive and

Bonny Island, Rivers State. A common feature of the Delta landscape: toilets on stilts and flushing waves. Any islander going to urinate on the brinquebalant planks can meditate on the colossal sums spent on oil, while the public sanitation system i

Bonny Island, Rivers State. Early in the morning, fishermen return from a night on the high seas, the only way to bring back big pieces. Tanker traffic and pollution have driven the big fish from the shores. The investment in a boat that can move aw

Near the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, small fishermen are hauling up their nets and the small fry they managed to catch. Pollution and the noise of oil and gas tankers coming around the island to load their cargo have sparsely covered the on

Bonny island, Rivers state, 8:00 a.m. In the bay, a brother and sister return home after finishing their morning fishing. They have only a small boat made of one piece of wood, not strong enough for offshore fishing where they can still make big cat

Twon Brass, Bayelsa State. 19th century British cemetery where officers and sailors who fell in clashes with the local Ijaw tribes are buried. The Niger Delta has always been a place of trade for the British. Initially, it was the slave trade, which

Agip Oil Terminal, Twon Brass City, Bayelsa State. Dirty water, polluted by crude oil, is discharged into a canal running along the site and into the sea. In a derisory effort, the Italian company pretends to contain the crude oil by means of barrie

A marigot, at the gates of Yenagoa, the capital of the state of Bayelsa. To connect a well in the bush with the city, Shell built a road, obstructing the traditional way of evacuating water from a mangrove swamp. With the base permanently drowned, t

On the pier of Kongo, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State, Nigeria's second largest oil-producing state and one of the newest. . A cargo ship makes a stop. It is expected the next day at the market of Buoama, the neighboring village. Far from it all, the

A petrol station on the outskirts of Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, the country's second largest oil state. Of the 36 states of the Nigerian Federation, 9 are oil producing. As such, 13% of the oil revenues they provide to the nation are red

Ahaoda Local Community, Rivers State. Near the Total extraction station, pipelines run along the road. Total has posted signs strongly advising against fishing in the surrounding waters, thus confessing the environmental damage caused by its activit

Kongo village, Akassa kingdom, Bayelsa state. Young boys push up the bank of the fuel drums thrown into the cove by a cargo ship. The fuel is intended for speedboats, the only reliable and fast means of locomotion in the Delta, a region of mangroves

Ahaoda Local Community, Rivers State. Near the Total extraction station, pipelines run along the road. Despite a formal ban on fishing in the surrounding waters, young boys try to get something out of the polluted water, throwing their lines between

Village of Sangana, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State, a water reservoir, the only achievement of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) created in 1999 with the official objective of allowing a "rapid, regular and sustainable development of the

Former site of the village of Beletiema, Bayelsa State, razed to the ground during a bloody conflict (several deaths) with the neighbouring village of Egwema, due to the murder, in a mangrove swamp, of an Egwema merchant, allegedly by young people f

Kongo, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State. The sun has just set. Children are scouring the shores with nets. Although there are no oil wells in this community, fishermen from Akassa complain about the lack of fish, blaming leaks from wells in the surroun

Buoama, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State, Nigeria's second largest oil-producing state. A cargo ship, coming from Port Harcourt unloads. Despite 50 years of oil exploitation, the market is only a set of concrete boxes lined up around a shed. The jetty

Kingdom of Akassa. On the road to Kongo, Hausa peddlers (a Muslim ethnic group from the north) push their wheelbarrows on the concrete footbridge that serves as a bridge at the entrance to Buoama on market day. While the motto of Bayelsa State is "S

On the Nun River, Bayelsa State, the country's second largest oil state, in the far south of Nigeria, 7am. A team of several dozen young Ijaw go into the creeks to clear mangrove plots so that a Nigerian oil company, Conoil, can start prospecting.

River Nun, Kingdom of Akassa. In the territory of the community of Kongo, the Nigerian oil company Conoil obtained the right to prospect. In order to allow the landing of heavy equipment, the company employs young people from the community to clear

Nun River, Baylesa State, Kongo Community. A land-clearing team comes into the bush. The Nigerian oil company CONOIL has obtained the right to prospect. In order to allow heavy equipment to be unloaded, young people from the community are employed t

Kingdom of Akassa, State of Bayelsa. In the territory of the Kongo community, the Nigerian oil company Conoil was granted the right to prospect. In order to allow the unloading of heavy equipment, it employs young people from the community to clear

Kingdom of Akassa, State of Bayelsa. In the territory of the Kongo community, the Nigerian oil company Conoil was granted the right to prospect. In order to allow the unloading of heavy equipment, the company employs young people from the community

Kongo, Ijaw Country, Bayelsa State, extreme south of the Delta. Returning from the mangrove swamps where they went to clear the brush for the Nigerian oil company CONOIL, young IJAWs share the crocodile with which they found themselves face to face

Buoama Anglican Church, Akassa Kingdom, south of the Delta. The girls' choir at the Sunday religious service. While communities in the Delta pray in churches, the Nigerian elites see oil as a gift from God, without considering themselves accountable

Robinson UKALIKIPE, public relations officer for the Akala Olu Community Youth Association (Rivers State), the host community of Agip, where a torch burns 24 hours a day, 80 metres from the first houses. This is surprising since flaring has been ill

Saturday night in a hair salon in Twon Brass, Bayelsa State, Nigeria's second largest oil state. A few hundred metres away is one of Nigeria's six crude oil export terminals. The weekend is in full swing. The oil workers will kill time in the city's

Michaël, secretary of the youth organization of the Sii village and his family, in Ogoni country, Rivers State. The demands of the 500,000 Ogoni people received international attention when the champion of their cause, writer Ken Saro Wiwa, was hang

Kongo, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State, Nigeria's second largest oil state. Ghadafi (standing, second from the left) says he controls 300 "warriors". Traditionally, young people defend the interests of the community, weapons in hand if necessary. The

Kongo, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State, Nigeria's second largest oil state. Joy, a young prostitute dances with her face covered with talcum powder to celebrate the birth of Bongo SMART's boy (sitting behind her in a white T-shirt). While more than tw

Ogbokiri, Akassa Kingdom, Bayelsa State. Young people board ships sent by the Chinese oil company CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation). They travel to the nearby community of Beletiema where they will take physical fitness tests in order to b

An employee of the China National Petroleum Corporation, after a day's work, in front of his accommodation in the village of Beletiema, base of the Chinese company, in the state of Bayelsa. Like all the workers from the neighbouring community of Aka

Alesa-Eleme Refinery, on the outskirts of Okrika City, Rivers State. In 2001, the race for jobs at the refinery led to a bloody conflict between the neighbouring communities of Elema and Okrika. Okrika's militia, the Bush Boys, fought in the mangrov

His Royal Highness, King Captain, NEMI TAMUNOYAUA OPUTIBEYA X, Amanyanabo of Koniama, the highest traditional authority in the town of Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria's largest oil producing state. One of the country's four refineries is being built o

In Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria's first oil state, induction ceremony of Chief (Honourable) Alhaji Tam Douglas ORIAGU, now head of his family's gunboat. Capital of the kingdom of Okrika since the 17th century, a bellicose society having had its era

Okrika, in Rivers State, Nigeria's largest oil state, is the only Nigerian locality through which pipelines pass. They connect the Alesa-Eleme refinery built in 1965 by Shell-BP and located at the gates of the town to a jetty built on Okrika Island,