UK Ordered To Pay £420m In Reparations Over 1949 Enugu Coal Miners Massacre
In a landmark judgment with far-reaching diplomatic implications, the Enugu State High Court has ordered the United Kingdom to pay £420 million in compensation to the families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed by British colonial forces in 1949. Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Anthony Onovo declared that the killings at the Iva Valley…