Botswana: Diamond Mine to Open on San Land
A U.S.$4.9 billion diamond mine will open on land previously reserved for the indigenous San people in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve despite government claims that there were "no plans" to do so.
San woman (file photo).
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Botswana:
Hunters Not Poachers - Botswana Bushmen to Sue Government Over Hunting Ban
Survival International, 26 August 2014
Bushmen hunt for their survival, but are treated like poachers on their land. #HuntersNotPoachers Read more »
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Southern Africa:
Osisa and the Indigenous World 2013
OSISA, 4 September 2014
In the recently released report by the The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), " The Indigenous World 2013", the work of OSISA's Indigenous Peoples Rights… Read more »
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Botswana:
San Face 10 Years of Abuse Despite Landmark Legal Victory
Survival International, 4 July 2014
Despite winning a landmark court case in 2006, the Bushmen have faced harassment, intimidation and torture by the Botswana government. Read more »
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Africa:
Travellers Urged to Boycott Botswana
Survival International, 11 June 2014
A worldwide advertising campaign calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana, launched by Survival International - the global movement for tribal peoples' rights - has reached… Read more »
InFocus
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An attorney who was to represent the indigenous San people at a High Court hearing about the tribe's access to their ancestral land has been prevented from entering the country. Read more »
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The indigenous San people have won a court case against the government following Botswana's intention to evict them from what it termed a 'wildlife corridor' . Read more »
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The U.S. ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government's forced eviction of the Kalahari San, according to secret U.S. embassy cables. Read more »
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The Botswana government's refusal to meet with the Gana and Gwi people over the honoring of land rights appropriated to them after a court ruling has been widely condemned by civil ... Read more »