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Investigation: Franco-Luxembourg Company Socfin's Craze For Rubber And Oil Palm Exports Linked To Rights Violations, Pollution, And Displacement Of Indigenous People In Nigeria

As the reporter approached the community while still seated on the engine boat driving down the river, she noticed children swimming, washing clothes, and drinking from the Okomu river. The river has been their sole source of domestic water. Fishers, mostly women, catch fish from the river and sell them nearby to feed and educate their children. A sparse community surrounded by bushes and surrounded by a river.  Most houses were built with mud, with some cement to smooth and beautify the structure.  ....

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