The UK government is to express regret and announce compensation for Kenyans who were tortured during the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in the 1950s and 60s.
Foreign Secretary William Hague is expected to announce compensation in the region of £14m.
More than 5,000 Kenyans say they were mistreated - some through torture - by the then-British administration.
The British fought a bitter battle with Mau Mau insurgents who were demanding land and an end to colonial rule.
Victims have been fighting for compensation from the UK government for a number of years.
The BBC understands Mr Hague will express "sincere regret" to the victims while announcing the compensation package in the Commons.
It is also understood the government will announce plans to fund a permanent memorial to the victims in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
'Not acceptable'
One survivor, Mwai Wanughigi, said there had been no consultation over the amount victims would receive.
He said the figure - which is said to work out at about £3,200, or 350,000 Kenyan shillings per claimant - was inadequate.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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