Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been shot at from a police helicopter – which later crashed injuring six officers – while it was enforcing Botswana’s hunting ban. Nine Bushmen were arrested… Continue reading Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
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What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, Salma Hegga The world may still argue about whether or not climate change is for real. But in vast expanses of arid southern Africa, the daily struggle to cope with a changed climate is well under way. The lessons being learnt here on a small scale could prove vital in the fight… Continue reading What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Botswana: Diamond mining continues to cause suffering for Bushmen
Despite ever increasing profits from multinational diamond mining operations in the country, Botswana’s Bushman communities continue to suffer. Last week the second-largest diamond in history was discovered close to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the recognized ancestral homeland of the Bushman people. Botswana has been keen to publicize its considerable diamond-derived wealth to the world’s… Continue reading Botswana: Diamond mining continues to cause suffering for Bushmen