Diamond companies move in as AIDS takes hold of evicted Bushmen
A new wave of diamond exploration is sweeping the lands of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.
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Tragedy of mother's death highlights growing AIDS crisis
A 29-year-old Gana Bushman woman from the Central Kalahari has died of AIDS in New Xade resettlement camp, Botswana. Tumelo Sebelegangwana leaves one child of her own, and two children of her sister, who died earlier of TB.
Survival campaigner investigates uncontacted Amazon tribes
A Survival campaigner has recently returned from a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to identify areas inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Brazil: Land for last survivor of unknown Amazon tribe
The last survivor of an unknown Amazon tribe is to be given more land to ensure his survival.
Archbishop Tutu condemns Bushman evictions
Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemns eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them.
Uncontacted Indian child found dead in Amazon
The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranhão. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting.
Historic double triumph for Indians over oil companies
A Chinese oil company, SAPET, exploring in the southeast Peruvian Amazon has announced it will not enter territory inhabited by isolated Indians.
Suicide of Amazon nomad leader
A leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe has committed suicide after drinking a poison usually used by his people to kill fish.