Court confirms Shell's involvement in Niger Delta crackdown

A court in Holland has ruled against the oil company Shell, which was accused of instigating massive human rights violations committed by the Nigerian government against people in the oil producing Niger Delta. Four women - Esther Kiobel, Victoria Bera, Blessing Eawo and Charity Levula - wives of four of the nine men who were hanged in 1995, sued Shell over the unlawful arrest, detention and execution of their husbands by the Nigerian military, following a brutal crackdown on Ogoni protests against Shell's devastating pollution of the region in the 1990s. The BBC's Anna Holligan was in court when the judgement was handed down

Olympic champion Caster Semenya has lost a case against athletics' governing body IAAF. Female athletes who choose to run in certain competitions could be asked to reduce their testosterone levels or given the chance to run as men. We hear from Norman Arendse, who was part of the legal representatives of Athletics South Africa to the judgement; and from Janet Jepkosgei, a former world champion athletes in favour of the court's decision.

Ahead of the general elections in South Africa, we travel to the nation's North West province, in the regional capital Mahikeng. A hotbed of protests denouncing the lack of basic services in the country. We interview local citizens, some of whom feel completely disenfranchised with the ANC government.

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