VIDEO: Shell to pay Nigerians for oil spills

Oil giant Shell is accused of making false claims about the extent of its clean-up operations in Nigeria.

A company in Benin harvests water hyacinths which can be used to soak up oil.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell agrees to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two major oil spills.

A Dutch court has ruled that a judge in the Netherlands should hear a case against Royal Dutch Shell brought by four Nigerian farmers.

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>As global oil prices continue to fall, with the latest projections putting a barrel at below $46 by April, consumers in East Africa are paying lower but contrasting prices.

Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell was told a pipeline had reached the end of its life years before it spilled up to 500,000 barrels of oil, according to court documents seen by the BBC.

Right across Nigeria people are struggling with a fuel shortage that is causing major disruption.

The archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria has said more must be done to protect ordinary people, after at least 30 were killed in twin bomb attacks.