Pfizer, one of the largest drugmakers in the world, finally settled a lawsuit filed by the African country of Nigeria. According to an Associated Press source, Pfizer has agreed to pay a total of $75 million in damages.
In 1996, Pfizer conducted experiments that were aimed at aiding Nigerians with meningitis. Instead, nearly a dozen children died in the 200 person study. Others were left handicapped for life. While Pfizer contends that it was meningitis that did the damage — not their drugs — this settlement is better for the company than the $5 billion Nigeria initially sought.
Of the $75 million, …read more

Oil companies that are trying to expand into Nigeria face a significant roadblock in the form of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND. This Nigerian militant group has threatened to destroy a planned trans-Saharan pipeline project, if it is ever built.
 
MEND has specifically warned Agip, Total, and Exxon Mobil, the three companies still operating in the Niger Delta, that they have three days to leave before new attacks may be launched. Chevron has already cancelled operations in the area because of several attacks on its onshore operations.
 
Niger and Nigeria have already forged an agreement to …read more

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