African Court’s historic ruling on Ogiek tribe in Kenya
African Court ruled that the government of Kenya must not evict the Ogiek from their land.
African Court ruled that the government of Kenya must not evict the Ogiek from their land.
Thugs and plain-clothed police officers are destroying the homes of Ogiek tribe members in Kenya’s Mau Forest, leaving families destitute.
The Ogiek will be evicted from their ancestral land in Kenya’s Mau Forest before the end of the year.
The Kenyan government has given Ogiek communities living in the Mau forest until mid-September to abandon their homes.
The hunter-gather Ogiek tribe of Kenya risk being forced from their land in the name of conservation.
A leader of the Ogiek tribe in Kenya has received a death threat by telephone. An unknown caller told Mr Mpoiok Kobei, ‘We need your head before Tuesday nineteenth, this month.’
Leaders of the honey-hunting Ogiek tribe have reported that they are being targeted in the escalating post-election violence in Kenya.
Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community.