July 29

• Botswana: San Court Case Underway [press release]

  Proceedings began today at the High Court in Botswana in the fourth case brought against the government by the country's Bushmen. Read more »

July 25

• Botswana: Govt Bars San Lawyer as Landmark Case Starts

  In an unprecedented move branded 'vindictive and repressive', Botswana's government has prevented British attorney Gordon Bennett from entering Botswana, where he was due to... Read more »

July 18

• Africa: Not Primitive - Short Film Showcases Proud Life of Tribal Peoples [press release]

  A new short film showing the richness of tribal peoples' lives has been released as part of the Proud Not Primitive campaign in India. The 30-second short aims to challenge... Read more »

June 18

• Botswana: Court Reprieve for Bushmen Threatened With Eviction [press release]

  Dozens of Botswana Bushmen threatened with eviction, reportedly because they live in an area proposed as a 'wildlife corridor', have won a significant court victory in their... Read more »

June 05

• Botswana: Trucks Arrive to Evict San Despite Govt Denials [press release]

  Government trucks arrived last night to evict Bushmen from their ancestral land in southern Botswana, according to reports received by Survival International. Read more »

May 29

• Botswana: Bushman Eviction Suspended [press release]

  The Botswana government has repeatedly attempted to evict Bushmen from their land, but many have defiantly resisted leaving their ancestral homes. Read more »

May 24

• Africa: Bushmen Face Imminent Eviction for 'Wildlife Corridor' Date - 24 May 2013 [press release]

  Survival International has received disturbing reports about an imminent eviction of several hundred Bushmen in southern Botswana to make way for a 'wildlife corridor'. The Bushman... Read more »

April 15

• Ethiopia: Aid Agencies Turn Blind Eye to 'Catastrophe' [press release]

  Three independent reports have warned that the controversial Gibe III dam, and land grabs for plantations, risk imminent 'catastrophe' in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley. Half a... Read more »

April 03

• Africa: Salgado's 'Genesis' Showcases Photos of Threatened Tribes [press release]

  As London's Natural History Museum prepares for the opening of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado's new exhibition 'Genesis' on April 11, Survival International has... Read more »

March 28

• Tanzania: Land Grab Could Spell 'The End of the Maasai and the Serengeti' [press release]

  The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more Read more »

March 22

• Kenya: African Court's Historic Ruling on Indigenous Forest People [press release]

  The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ruled on 15 March that the government of Kenya must not evict the Ogiek from their land in the Mau Forest. Read more »

March 21

• Botswana: Kalahari San Launch New Legal Battle

  The Bushmen are taking the Botswana government to court for the third time in their struggle to live in peace on their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Read more »

January 15

• Botswana: San Children Arrested

  Three Bushman children have been arrested by paramilitary police in Botswana. The arrests are the latest signs of a new government policy to intimidate Bushmen who have returned to... Read more »

December 13, 2012

• Botswana: Police Beat San Hunters, Says Lobby

  Paramilitary police have severely beaten two Bushmen, burying one in a shallow grave, after accusing them of hunting without permits in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve... Read more »

November 05, 2012

• Tanzania: Hadza Mark Land Rights Milestone One Year On [press release]

  Survival International has published a picture gallery to celebrate the first anniversary of the Hadza tribe's historic land victory in Tanzania. Read more »

October 17, 2012

• Africa: UK Snubs Tribal Rights By Refusing to Ratify Key Law [press release]

  The UK has dismayed tribal and indigenous peoples as well as activists around the world by refusing to ratify a key international law, which protects their basic human rights by... Read more »

October 15, 2012

• Ethiopia: Land Grabs Leave People Hungry on World Food Day [press release]

  Violent land grabs in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley are displacing tribes and preventing them from cultivating their land, leaving thousands of people hungry and 'waiting to die'. Read more »

July 13, 2012

• Ethiopia: Outrage As World Bank Funds Power Lines Linked to Controversial Dam [press release]

  Human rights organizations, including Survival and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely criticized a decision by the World Bank to fund power lines in Ethiopia linked to the... Read more »

July 12, 2012

• Africa: Anoushka Shankar Backs Survival [press release]

  British Indian sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar shows her support for Survival International and tribal peoples by modelling an exclusive new limited edition T-shirt... Read more »

July 11, 2012

• Ethiopia: Govt's New Weapon to Force People Off Their Land [press release]

  Survival has received disturbing reports from members of several tribes in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, which describe how the government is destroying their crops to force them to... Read more »

June 15, 2012

• South Africa: Indigenous 'Icon' Dawid Kruiper Dies [press release]

  Dawid Kruiper, a traditional leader of the Khomani Bushmen of South Africa has died, aged 76. Read more »

May 10, 2012

• Botswana: Hunter-Gatherers Fear As Security Forces Return to the Kalahari [press release]

  Botswana's security forces are arresting and intimidating Bushmen, despite the tribe's legal right to live and hunt in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Read more »

March 28, 2012

• Ethiopia: How Ethiopia's Plantations Are Killing Vital Waterway [press release]

  New photographic evidence proves Ethiopia's controversial plantations scheme is killing the Lower Omo River, a lifeline for 100,000 tribal people. Read more »

March 20, 2012

• Botswana: Bushmen Make a Splash On World Water Day [press release]

  For the first time in ten years, Botswana's Bushmen are celebrating World Water Day as they enjoy unobstructed access to the life-giving substance. Read more »

March 15, 2012

• Ethiopia: Leaked Map Reveals Mass Evictions Plan [press release]

  Ethiopian authorities have inadvertently revealed the existence of highly ambitious plans to resettle [2]Lower Omo Valley tribes who stand in the way of a massive plantations... Read more »