Botswana:Bushman case - court to rule on 13 December 29 November 2006Judges in Botswanas High Court will rule on 13 December on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government.
Bolivia:Protection for isolated Indians 23 November 2006The Bolivian government has created a reserve especially for isolated Indians. The reserve, created to protect the isolated Toromona tribe, is almost 19,000 sq km, and prohibits all logging activity, oil exploration and mining.
Botswana:Kenyan hunter-gatherers in press conference with Bushmen 22 November 2006Two members of the hunter-gatherer Ogiek tribe of Kenya will hold a joint press conference in Gaborone tomorrow, 23 November, with Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari.
Malaysia:Tribe holds out against loggers 20 November 2006A small group of nomads on the island of Borneo are continuing to defy loggers targeting their rainforest home.
Colombia:New diseases hit nomads as government stands by 17 November 2006The nomadic Nukak-Maku, one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world, has been hit by tuberculosis and chicken pox, putting their survival at serious risk.
Botswana:Opposition party stands with the Bushmen 17 November 2006One of Botswanas leading opposition parties, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), has attacked President Mogae over the eviction of the Bushmen.
Botswana:Tragedy of mother's death highlights growing AIDS crisis 15 November 2006A 29-year-old Gana Bushman woman from the Central Kalahari has died of AIDS in New Xade resettlement camp, Botswana. Tumelo Sebelegangwana leaves one child of her own, and two children of her sister, who died earlier of TB.
Botswana:Archbishop Tutu condemns Bushman evictions 7 November 2006Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them.
Brazil:Uncontacted Indian child found dead in Amazon 3 November 2006The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranhão. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting.
