colonial reparations

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.

A Nigerian court has issued a landmark judgment requiring both the Nigerian and British governments to pay £420 million in compensation to families of victims killed in the 1949 Enugu coal mine massacre, marking a significant legal reckoning for colonial-era violence.