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

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    Name of Publication:
    Daily Maverick
    Author:
    Phil Miller and Mark Curtis
    Date of Publication:
    31 December 2019
    Copyright:
    Phil Miller and Mark Curtis, Daily Maverick
    Synopsis:
    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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Miller, P. and Curtis, M. (2019). Britain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists from Daily Maverick, 31 December 2019, online.   Available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-12-31-revealed-britain-rebuffed-nelson-mandelas-appeal-for-oil-sanctions-against-nigeria-after-it-executed-environmentalists/ . Accessed on 6 January 2020

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