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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions. Dozens more were injured in [...] The post Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners appeared first on Kahawatungu.

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