The Botswana Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the indigenous Bushmen , or San, can drill wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) , reversing a lower court...
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BOTSWANA: The Bushmen Challenge Botswana's Denial of Access to Water
Joe Gonzales, University College London M.A. Human Rights '10, is a current intern with Survival International. He writes on the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve's struggle to secure water rights from the Botswanan government... On July 21 the...
UN declares access to safe drinking water a basic human right
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring that access to clean and sanitized drinking water is a basic human right . The resolution, passed by a vote of 122-0 with 41 member...
The Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the indigenous Bushmen , or San, people will not be able to reopen a water well or dig new wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game...
Africa rights commission rules Kenya illegally evicted indigenous people
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights ruled Thursday that the government of Kenya violated the rights of the Endorois people when it forcibly evicted them from their land. The Endorois are...
Spokesperson for the First People of Kalahari (FPK) Roy Sesana announced Tuesday that his organization plans to take its land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official...
Botswana high court rules government eviction of tribe unconstitutional
The High Court of Botswana has ruled that the government's eviction of Bushmen inhabiting the Kalahari desert is "unlawful and unconstitutional." The suit was brought by 239 members of the San tribe with the aid of the...