A new Oil Spill from a Shell facility in Nigeria has polluted farmland and a river in the Eleme area of Ogoniland, a region that has long experienced environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. The volume of oil spilled is unknown, but activists have reported that it is one of the worst spills in the last 16 years in the area. The spill began on 11 June and is believed to have affected several communities. While Shell stopped production in Ogoniland more than 20 years ago, the Trans-Niger Pipeline still sends crude from oil fields in other areas through the region’s communities to export terminals.

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