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Feb 6 • 20:38 UTC • 🇬🇧 UK • Sky News

Nigeria court orders UK to pay £420m over miners shot dead in 1949

A Nigerian court has ordered the UK to pay £420 million to the families of 21 miners killed by security forces during a strike in 1949, highlighting historical injustices during colonial rule.

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