Nigeria court sentences 27 ex-UN peacekeepers to life in prison for protesting stolen payABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced 27 former U.N. peacekeepers to life in prison after they were convicted of mutiny following protests that officers had stolen their extra U.N. pay, their lawyer said Tuesday. Nigeria court sentences 27 ex-UN peacekeepers to life imprisonment for mutiny over protestsABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced 27 former United Nations peacekeepers to life in prison after they were convicted of mutiny following protests over the nonpayment of their allowances, their lawyer said Tuesday. |