Tribes face death in diamond bonanza
'Ethnic cleansing' is forcing Bushmen from the world's richest gem fields
ACCORDING to the postmortem examination Xoroxo Duxee died of "shock and dry starvation" after crawling from her settlement in the desert to search for food and water.
Yet her people - the famed Bushmen of the Kalahari - have lived in the area for at least 20,000 years and their resourcefulness and skill at surviving in such a hostile environment is legendary.
So why are Xoroxo and others like her now starving to death on the very land that once supported them?
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ACCORDING to the postmortem examination Xoroxo Duxee died of "shock and dry starvation" after crawling from her settlement in the desert to search for food and water.
Yet her people - the famed Bushmen of the Kalahari - have lived in the area for at least 20,000 years and their resourcefulness and skill at surviving in such a hostile environment is legendary.
So why are Xoroxo and others like her now starving to death on the very land that once supported them?
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15 Janvier 2006 à 13:55 dans
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