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A man walks past the polluted farmland in Rukpokwu, Nigeria, 13 January 2004. On 3 December 2003, part of an oil pipeline in Rukpokwu in Rivers State burst, devastating the once fertile land around it. The resulting oil spill destroyed farmlands, fish pon
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