Brazil:Land invasion forces Yanomami into local town 15 February 2008A group of Yanomami Indians have spent the past ten days camped in a local Brazilian town following the invasion of their land by goldminers and ranchers.
Kenya:Ogiek leader receives death threat 14 February 2008A leader of the Ogiek tribe in Kenya has received a death threat by telephone. An unknown caller told Mr Mpoiok Kobei, ‘We need your head before Tuesday nineteenth, this month.’
Australia:Government apologises to Aborigines 13 February 2008The newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has issued a formal apology to the country's indigenous people for the historic injustices they have suffered.
UK:Kalahari Bushmen on BBC television 13 February 2008The Kalahari Bushmen featured on prime time UK television on Sunday evening, in the BBC’s current affairs series ‘Tropic of Capricorn’.
