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Nigerian court orders UK to pay $572 million to families of miners killed during colonial rule
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ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds ($27 million) each to families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by security forces during British colonial rule, according to the state-run news agency. The ruling on Thursday culminates decades of campaigning for compensation over the killings, widely seen in Nigeria as one of the triggers to agitations for independence. Nigeria gained its independence from Britain 11 years later, in 1960.