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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