Botswana: Important Players Change Sides in Bushmen Saga
The saga of the expulsion of the Bushman community from their central Kalahari homes in Botswana has taken a fresh turn that is threatening to undermine Botswana's prized reputation for moderation and development in Africa.
On September 26, the UK-based NGO Survival International reported that several leaders of the Bushmen (also called the Basarwa in Botswana or the San people) organization 'First People of the Kalahari' (FPK) had been arrested and imprisoned two days earlier at the New Xade resettlement village. They were among a group of 28 Bushmen, including seven children who were seized by police as they tried to enter "their ancestral homeland" in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
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On September 26, the UK-based NGO Survival International reported that several leaders of the Bushmen (also called the Basarwa in Botswana or the San people) organization 'First People of the Kalahari' (FPK) had been arrested and imprisoned two days earlier at the New Xade resettlement village. They were among a group of 28 Bushmen, including seven children who were seized by police as they tried to enter "their ancestral homeland" in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
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02 Novembre 2005 à 13:43 dans
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