News » USA

USA: President of Botswana in New York to promote diamonds as Bushman campaign intensifies
9 October 2006 President Mogae of Botswana is due in New York tomorrow to promote his countrys diamonds, amid increasing concern over the eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari.
USA: Italian mountaineer treks across Alaska to save Gwichin land
29 June 2006 Italian mountain guide Ario Sciolari has completed a 5-month solo trek across Alaska to raise awareness of the threat to the land of the Gwichin Indians.
USA: UN criticises US government over Western Shoshone tribe
15 March 2006 A key UN committee has censured the US government over its treatment of the Western Shoshone tribe of Nevada.