IWGIA participated in the 42nd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, held in the Republic of Congo from 14-28 November 2007. The African Commission issued a communiqué welcoming the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The communiqué underlines the fact that the UN Declaration is in line with the African Commission's work on indigenous peoples' rights, and that the Declaration will become a valuable tool in the African Commission's continued efforts to promote and protect indigenous peoples' rights in Africa.

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News from the indigenous world

	Central African Republic: Mbororo pastoralists flee to escape brutal conflict (link to IRIN news)
	Canada: Canadian natives discriminated in prisons (link to Reuters, Can.)
	Tanzania, Lake Natron: Soda ash plant threatens Maasai communities (link to CEMIRIDE update)
	Malaysia: Despite twenty years of protests, Penan communities in Sarawak are still threatened by logging (link to the BMF website)
	India: Tribals still waiting for the Forest Rights Bill to be operationalized (link to the story on IWGIA's Noticeboard)
	Canada: Amnesty urges halt to logging on indigenous land (link to the story on IWGIA's Noticeboard)

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News from Central and South America can be found on our Spanish website