Full Coverage: Southern Africa
March 2006
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03/31/2006
Botswanan hallitus on myöntänyt että monet kotimailtaan häädetyt Bushman-heimoon kuuluvat ihmiset ovat kuolleet alkoholin aiheuttamiin sairauksiin. Leireille sijoitetut bushmanit eivät enää voi harjoittaa perinteistä metsästystä ja keräilyä vaan ovat riippuvaisia valtion ruoka-avusta. Masennus ja sosiaalinen romahtaminen ovat yleisiä ilmiöitä leirillä asuvien keskuudessa.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Botswana] [Human Rights] Image: - © Kristi Kenyon
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03/31/2006
The Botswana government has admitted that evicted Bushmen are drinking themselves to death in relocation camps: there were no known deaths from alcohol consumption when the Bushmen were living on their ancestral land and drinking was rare.
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03/24/2006
The use of e-commerce by businesses in developing countries is related to the potential benefits of participating in international value chains, increasing market access and reach, improving internal and market efficiency, and lowering transaction costs.
Read moreRelated: [South Africa] [Poverty] [Economy] [ICT] |
03/23/2006
In the midst of a row over remarks by British Baroness Jenny Tonge that evictions from ancestral lands have benefitted Botswana's Bushmen, at least 15 Bushmen are reported to have died suddenly of unknown causes this year in a resettlement camp and three others remain in a critical condition.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [Botswana] |
03/15/2006
Campaigners have criticised Baroness Tonge for calling the Kalahari Bushmen's hunting methods "primitive" and their way of life "stone age", for dismissing the court case the Bushmen are taking against the Botswana government, and repeating claims about their way of life that have not been upheld in high court evidence.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [United Kingdom] [Botswana] |
03/13/2006
The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has reprimanded the Botswana government over its eviction and harassment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [Botswana] |
03/12/2006
The AIDS epidemic's impact on families in Namibia has been so great that the government has created a new official category: "Child-Headed Household." A new documentary on OneWorld TV illuminates Namibians' daily struggles.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld TV Related: [Namibia] [HIV/AIDS] Image: A Measure of our Humanity
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03/10/2006
More...From: no organisation Related: [Namibia] [Poverty] [HIV/AIDS] [Human Rights] [ICT] Image: A Measure of our Humanity
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03/07/2006
The Botswana government faced tough questions from members of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva over its eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [Botswana] [Indigenous Rights] [United Nations] |
03/04/2006
The Botswana Government has been accused of trying to undermine Kalahari Bushmen's efforts to raise money for a costly legal case over their eviction from land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [Botswana] [Indigenous Rights] Image: 'Botswana diamonds, Bushman despair' campaign, Survival International
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03/01/2006
The Maluti Community Digital Hub, comprising a telecentre, teleconferencing and refurbishment centre, was opened in the Free State on Monday, bringing information and communication technology to the rural Maluti community for the first time.
Read moreRelated: [South Africa] [Poverty] [ICT] |
03/01/2006
Thirty rural villages in the Far Northern part of the Limpopo will now be able to access government services following the official opening of the R5 million Makuya Multi-Purpose Centre on Saturday.
Read moreRelated: [South Africa] [Poverty] [ICT] |
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