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Govt Defends Mineral Exploration in Reserve.

The government of Botswana has responded angrily to the latest accusations that it was removing Bushmen from their ancestral lands in order to mine for diamonds.

Last week IRIN reported that lobby group Survival International had linked the removal of the "indigenous communities" from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) with the recent financing of a diamond exploration concession in the CKGR.
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Bushmen victims of mining plot.

Botswana is letting mining companies explore for diamonds in parts of the Kalahari desert from which San Bushmen were recently evicted, renewing the accusation that the country's oldest ethnic group is the victim of a plot by the government and multinational companies.

Sections of the central Kalahari game reserve, which the government said would not be touched, have been opened only months after an assurance that relocating the Bushmen had nothing to do with diamonds.
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Diamond miners exploit land of the Bushmen.

Botswana is letting mining companies explore for diamonds in parts of the Kalahari desert from which San Bushmen were recently evicted, renewing the accusation that the country's oldest ethnic group is the victim of a plot by the government and multinational companies.

Sections of the central Kalahari game reserve, which the government said would not be touched, have been opened only months after an assurances that relocating the Bushmen had nothing to do with diamonds.
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Bushmen Lose to Diamond Exploration, Activists Say.

The plight of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) has once again been highlighted by the recent financing of a diamond exploration venture in the CKGR.

The CKGR is the ancestral home of the Gana, Gwi and Bakgalagadi. "After a 15-year campaign of persecution, the last Bushmen were evicted from their homes in February 2002. Around 100 still hold out in the reserve," lobby group Survival International said in a statement.
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