Kalahari Bushmen journey to Britain
Two Kalahari Bushmen are making a dramatic journey to Britain on an urgent mission to save their people from extinction. The two leaders will be in London from 29 September to 5 October.
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Bushmen describe eviction horror in court
Botswana's High Court has heard the first Bushman witnesses in their case against the government tell their harrowing stories of eviction from their ancestral land.
US State Department says Botswana Government 'forced Bushmen to abandon their ancestral communities'
A report on human rights released earlier this year by the US government says that the Botswana government 'forcibly resettled' the Bushmen from their ancestral land.
Wave of poaching and exploitation hits isolated Jarawa tribe in the Andaman Islands
Outsiders are invading the reserve of the isolated Jarawa tribe in the Andaman Islands, India, and stealing the game on which they depend for food. There are also increasing reports of Jarawa women being sexually exploited.
Bushmen start USA tour with Hollywood Amnesty Event
Launching a month-long tour of the USA, two Kalahari Bushmen are to visit Hollywood with Amnesty International. Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone will attend an event in Beverly Hills on 27 August hosted by singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.
Botswana's President 'bribes' Bushmen - Again!
Botswana's President this week handed out blankets and sweets to Bushmen in a relocation centre. His action comes in the middle of a court case in which the Bushmen are suing his government for the right to return to their ancestral land.
'Don't destroy us; our way of life is as modern as yours'.
Remote hunter-gatherer tribes have issued a plea to the outside world to mark the UN Day of Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, saying, 'We are not backward, our way of life is as modern as yours'.
De Beers backtracks on denial of tribal peoples' rights
De Beers has this week been backpedalling fast on its refusal to recognise Indigenous rights in southern Africa.