In oil rich Niger delta, the sun never sets: smokestacks still shooting out gas flares

For half a century, some oil has been extracted for commercial ends in the Niger Delta. The vast reserves of hydrocarbons created several billion dollars of income for the Nigerian state, but the majority of the inhabitants of the oil production zones live in poverty. The multidimensional crisis that has been taking effect strongly in the Delta Niger, is linked to the magnitude of the pollution and the damages caused to the environment, to the breach of duty, and to the bad pratices of companies. With its 150 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populated in Africa. It is the 7th most important oil-producing country of the planet. The totality of the Nigerian oil results from the delta. Since 1970, 350 billion dollars of oil income streamed into Nigeria, nevertheless 75% of the Nigerians live with less than one dollar per day. The communities of the Niger Delta continue to live in poverty, with no schools, hospitals and elementary infrastructures.