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Title: Daily Maverick

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Author: Phil Miller and Mark Curtis

Published: January 6, 2020

Updated: January 17, 2020

Copyright: Phil Miller and Mark Curtis, Daily Maverick

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Nigeria

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The British government rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine environmental activists in 1995 as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests, newly declassified files reveal.

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Britain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists

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