coal mining

Enugu State High Court has ordered the UK government to pay £20 million to each family of 21 coal miners killed during colonial rule, as legal pressure mounts for Britain to address historical mining atrocities in its former colonies.

Residents of Amankwo in Agbada Inyi Autonomous Community have launched protests following alleged river contamination by a coal mining company, resulting in mass death of aquatic life and threatening the community's primary water source.