‘Ogoni Nine’ widows lose case against oil giant Shell - a podcast by BBC World Service

A Dutch court has thrown out a case against Shell that had been brought by the widows of Nigerian environmental activists, who had accused the oil giant of being partly responsible for the deaths of their husbands. The men, known as the Ogoni Nine, led protests against pollution caused by oil leaks in the Niger Delta and were accused of murdering local officials and sentenced to death.

Plus al-Shabab militants claim they carried out an attack on the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu.And Gambia says it will crackdown on ‘price gouging’ – where retailers take advantage of crises to hike up the price of essential goods.

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