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Africa: Uganda examined at the African Commission session
December 2006
During the 40th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in November, the periodic report of Uganda was examined and questions regarding indigenous peoples' human rights situation were raised.
 Read the supplementary reports produced by CEMIRIDE and IWGIA
Read the supplementary reports produced by FPP, UOBDU and IWGIA
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Kenya: British soldiers cleared of rape of Samburu and Masai women
December 2006
Outraged Kenyans call for DNA testing to trace those responsible for the rape of Samburu and Masai women after the British Military Police cleared its soldiers of rape December 15.
Read the article
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Kenya: Turkana people trained on human rights
December 2006
Young people from the Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya are being trained on human rights. The programme is a joint project between MS Kenya and IWGIA.
Read the article
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Kenya: A landmark ruling for the indigenous people in Kenya
December 2006
In a landmark ruling the Electoral Commission of Kenya has been ordered to create a constituency for an indigenous community, Ilchamus.
Read the article by the Standard
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Botswana: Bushmen win land ruling
December 2006
December 13, 2006 the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve won a landmark legal case. The court ruled that the Botswana government's eviction of the Bushmen was 'unlawful and unconstitutional'. This ruling is not only of great importance to the Bushmen in Botswana but can also potentially have importance for other indigenous peoples in Africa fighting against land evictions and dispossessions.
Read the BBC article
Read IWGIA's public statement
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Kenya: Articles on indigenous issues in Kenya
December 2006
Below you can find various articles on issus relating to indigenous peoples in Kenya written by Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE).
Pastoralist Women Take Action in Kenya
A Time Bomb in Maasai Land
The Setting Sun over Lake Bogoria
Searching for the Elmolos
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Botswana: Archbishop Tutu speaks out for Bushmen
November 2006
Archbishop Tutu is asking the Botswana government to stop oppressing Bushmen.
Read the press release
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Botswana: Minorities defend their right to organise
October 2006
Botswana's indigenous minorities have expressed concern over President Festus Mogae's recent call to avoid joining organised ethnic cultural groups.
Read the article
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Kenya: Nubians prepare for battle to acquire citizenship
October 2006
The Nubian community can now dare to dream of Kenyan citizenship and land rights as they await the
outcome of a court case challenging the Government on their plight.
Read the article
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Africa: ACHPR - the process and current status
October 2006
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR or African Commission) has been debating the human rights situation of indigenous peoples since 1999. IWGIA has made a briefing paper on the process and current status.
Read the briefing paper
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Botswana: No cause for celebration for the Bushmen
October 2006
September 30, 2006 Botswana celebrated 40 years of independence but the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have no cause for celebration.
Read FPK's press release "40 years independence – But not for us, the CKGR Bushmen"
Read FPK's press release "Wildlife scouts are terrorizing us: We demand resignation and an investigation"
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Cameroon: Final communiqué from seminar on IP rights in Central Africa
October 2006
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights have published the final communiqué from the Regional Sensitization Seminar on the Rights of Indigenous Populations/Communities in Central Africa held 13 – 16 September 2006 in Cameroon.
Read the final communiqué
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Botswana: Parties in the CKGR case is urged to negotiate
September 2006
After a fact-finding mission to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), the government and San representatives are urged to go back to the negotiating table over relocations from the CKGR.
Read the article
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Botswana: Minorities defend their right to organise
October 2006
Botswana's indigenous minorities have expressed concern over President Festus Mogae's recent call to avoid joining organised ethnic cultural groups.
Read the article
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Africa: World Bank accused by indigenous groups in the DRC
September 2006
Since 30 October 2005, a number of indigenous peoples' organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been calling upon the World Bank Inspection Panel to bring to light the World Bank's failings and negligence within a forestry-related project.
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Africa: Traditional medicine important in Africa
September 2006
According to statistics from the World Heath Organization (WHO), more than 80 percent of Africans continue to rely on traditional medicine and indigenous knowledge to meet their health needs.
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Mali: Agreement signed between the government and Tuaregs
August 2006
August 4, 2006 the government of Mali and Tuaregs from Kidal signed an agreement ending the conflict in Kidal (information about the conflict in Kidal is available in the News Archive – Africa section).
Read the agreement (in French)
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Tanzania: Hadzabe facing severe pressure on traditional way of life
June 2006
In a new Oxfam report, social scientists have expressed fears that the Hadzabe ethnic group, who are hunter-gatherers, could become extinct in a few years as a result of pressure on their natural habitat.
Read the article on ippmedia.com
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Kenya: Indigenous people forcefully evicted from Empoput forest
June 2006
Over 5,000 Sengwer hunter-gatherer families living in Empoput Forest in Marakwet district have been forcefully evicted by the Kenya government.
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Mali: Mediation between Taureg and government
June 2006
Algeria seeks to facilitate mediation between the Tuareg and the government of Mali. This article describes the latest developments.
Read the article on www.jeuneafrique.com (in French)
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Mali: President offers talks to Tuareg rebels
June 2006
Malian President has called on Tuareg rebels in the northern desert to end their insurgency and discuss the Tuareg people's demands for recognition of their specific culture and identity and grant them more autonomy.
Read the article by Reuters
Visit the website www.kidal.info
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Mali: Crisis in Kidal
May 2006
The critical situation of the Tamasheq people ("Touareg"), indigenous peoples of the Sahara desert in Mali following attacks on two army barracks has been brought to the attention of HUMAN RIGHTS 3000 by reliable sources. HUMAN RIGHTS 3000 is a small human rights organisation based in Freiburg, Germany. The organization has contacts to various indigenous peoples and participates regularly in the UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples etc.
Read the press release
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Botswana: CKGR Court Case Coming to an End
May 2006
The evidence presented in the court case filed in the beginning of 2002 by the San organisation, the First People of the Kalahari (FPK), on behalf of residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), has finally finished. A decision on the outcome of the court case is expected within the next few months.
Read the press release by the First People of the Kalahari
Read more about the court case on IWGIA's website
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