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Batwa demand land and aid from the Ugandan government

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 20:09
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Sat, 05/12/2007 - 14:35 Forced out of their ancestral homes in the early 1990s, the Batwa now demand land and aid to the Ugandan government.

Below is an article published by All Africa.com:

The Batwa have appealed to the Government to resettle them after they were evicted from their ancestral homes in the forests, writes Darious Magara.

The Government forced the Batwa out of the forests in the early 1990s to gazette them as national parks for conservation. (fPcN's added comment: with the help of WWF)

MINING AND FOREST SECTORS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 08:59
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FACE TO THE INDIGENOUS PYGMIES’ COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT.

POSITION OF THE PROBLEM.

The Democratic Republic of congo has just done the reformation of its mining and forest regimes in giving an edict of mining code and a code of forest. This country has immeasurable forests which represent almost the half of its area, that is more or less 1,1million km. In addition, it has spacious reserves of ores and other precious raw materials such as: cassiterite and its accompaniments, gold, diamond, and so forth.

Precised informations about these ores can be found on the following site:

Kenya Government Torturing Sengwer indigenous community

Submitted by FdN on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 09:34
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Dear all,

It is my hope that one day Sengwer (also referred to as Cherangany or Dorobo) will find peace and live as other Nations that make Kenya a country.

Elders and Leaders from the community have used every opportunity at their disposal to raise fundamental issues affecting the indigenous community since Kenya became a British colony to date, but little has been acheived. For example:- They've presented oral and/or written memoranda in.... 1. 1932 during the Carter Land Commission 2. 1999 boycotted population since until the government gave them census