<p>Last Thursday, over 11,000 people and 17 institutions from the Ogale community in the Niger Delta filed compensation claims against Shell for damages and loss of livelihoods (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-communities-file-damages-…;). The claims follow others brought by members of the Bille community in 2015, bringing the total number of people seeking compensation to nearly 14,000.