Kalahari Bushmen to appeal against court ban on well in game reserve

Seringkop, Namibie: les Bushmen de la tribu Haikom pratiquent une danse traditionnelle. AFP PHOTO / BRIGITTE WEIDLICH


23/07/2010 4:50 pm

Africa's oldest inhabitants pitched against autocratic Botswana government are forced to truck water 300 miles across desert

 

The Kalahari Bushmen are to appeal against a decision by the Botswana high court forbidding them to use a well in the central Kalahari game reserve, one of the driest regions in the world, a spokesman announced today.

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