From the west and to the east, members of these groups are at the forum to articulate their grievances and concerns at how they have been mistreated in their own countries. One such case is that of the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Occupying the oil-rich Niger delta, the Ogonis decry the underdevelopment of their homeland. Nigeria is the world’s 6th largest oil producer, producing just over two million barrels per day. Oil is said to account for an estimated 90% of the country's foreign exchange and about 80% of the government's revenues. But the Ogonis – reportedly numbering less than a million out of a total population of nearly 130 million – say they have nothing to show for it. "We have no running water, we drink from the rivers which are full of petroleum, and we get sick because of drinking contaminated water. We have no electricity and cannot even afford kerosene to light our homes because the price is too high for the Ogoni, who are farmers and fishermen," Bridget Yorgure of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni people (MOSOP) told Terraviva. According to her, a 50 ml bottle of kerosene costs about 50 naira (38 cents). "We can’t on the one hand produce energy for 40 percent of the world and yet not know what electricity is; this is unfair," she said angrily. Concerns surrounding environmental degradation have also emerged. Figures from MOSOP indicate that five percent of pregnant women in the area give birth to malformed babies due to the environmental degradation. Apart from oil spillage, the digging of channels has also contaminated fresh water, killing fish. It is not only fish that have died – the Ogonis too are killed when petroleum tankers explode. MOSOP says 800 people died in such a blast two years ago, the third such accident that year. However, attempts by the Ogonis to lodge complaints with both the multinational companies involved in oil production, as well as the Nigerian government, have led to serious consequences. "In 1993, 3,000 Ogonis who had been employed by multinational companies were fired when they participated in a peaceful protest urging the firms to respect Ogoniland, compensate Ogonis for all the damage caused and pay royalty for using the land," remarked Yorgure. Companies exploiting oil in the region include Shell (UK and Dutch), Agip (Italian), Shevron (American) and Elf (France). MOSOP is now using the Bamako WSF as a platform to call upon the international community to intervene in the matter in order to get oil firms to respect human rights. But Ogonis are not the only marginalised community at the WSF. The Yaaku community in Kenya is similarly marginalised. "We are not recognised at home. There are no records to show that we exist. We fear we will be phased out soon," Jennifer Koinante, coordinator of the Yaaku Peoples Association said. Yaaku’s population is less than 4,000 in a country of over 30 million people. They have been living in the Mukogodo forest in Laikipia, in the Rift Valley province, but have been threatened with eviction by their Maasai neighbours, who number over 400,000. The fact that the forest which they are occupying has been gazetted as government land also instils fear among the Yaaku. "If the government decides to get us out of here, we would not know where else to go to because this forest is the only home we have come to know. We have lived here all our life."