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botswana

June 14, 2019

Botswana ruling to decriminalise same-sex relations a landmark, says UN expert

The Independent Expert noted that legal provisions banning homosexuality are often remnants of colonial laws.
September 14, 2018

BBC report of elephant poaching deaths wrong, say leading conservation scientists

Three leading conservation scientists in Botswana have released a statement saying they “find no scientific basis for the dramatic assertions made in the recent BBC report” of the deaths of 87 elephants in Botswana, allegedly by poaching.
September 7, 2018

Botswana says elephant slaughter story is 'false and misleading'

A widely reported story that 90 elephants have been slaughtered in Botswana recently has been denounced as fake by the authorities.
August 27, 2018

Botswana minorities need boost in education and health care, says UN expert

Botswana must step up efforts to recognise and protect the rights of minorities in relation to public services, land and resource use and the use of minority languages in education and other critical areas, says the UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities.
August 17, 2017

Kalahari Bushmen appeal to Dalai Lama

The Bushmen of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve have written a moving appeal to the Dalai Lama, who is scheduled to visit Botswana this month, criticising their country’s government for its brutal policies and urging him to speak out.
May 10, 2017

Twentieth anniversary of Bushmen evictions highlights their plight

On 8 May 1997, hundreds of Bushmen were ordered to abandon their homes deep in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. This was the first in a wave of evictions by the government, determined to open up their ancestral homes to diamond mining and tourism.
June 8, 2016

Celebrities join international call for rights of Botswana Bushmen

A host of celebrities are supporting the campaign of Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples' rights, for the Bushmen in the 50th anniversary year of Botswana’s independence.
March 9, 2016

Call for end to Botswana’s Bushman 'apartheid'

Survival International has launched a campaign calling for an end to a draconian system in Botswana which has broken Bushmen families apart and denied them access to their land. Critics such as veteran anti-apartheid activist Michael Dingake have compared the system to the apartheid-era pass laws.
November 27, 2015

Botswana Bushmen continue to suffer from diamond mining

Despite ever increasing profits from multinational diamond mining operations in the country, Botswana’s Bushman communities continue to suffer.
October 10, 2014

New report reveals abuse of hundreds of Bushmen in Botswana

A new report from Survival International reveals hundreds of cases of beatings, arrests and abuses of Kalahari Bushmen at the hands of wildlife officers and police.