Africa

For these Indigenous Peoples, Forest Conservation is a Way of Life

by Shadrack Kavilu, MongabayNovember 30, 2018

LAIKIPIA, Kenya — An elderly man clad in a long green-and-yellow plaid shawl knotted tightly above one shoulder sits on the dusty verandah of Mukogodo Primary School, oblivious to the scorching midday heat. “We have three footpaths that can take us to the forest from here, but we have to know what time it is […]

Maasai Villagers Win a Major Victory in the East African Court of Justice

by Oakland InstituteOctober 5, 2018

Oakland, CA—On September 25, 2018, the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) awarded a major victory to four Maasai villages fighting for their rights to their land in northern Tanzania. The case revolves around violent government-led evictions of Maasai villagers in Loliondo – which included burning their homes, arbitrary arrest, forced eviction from their villages, […]

Armed villagers attack neighbouring Batwa community in southern Rwanda

by Brandon SmithJuly 13, 2018

During the night of June 27, 2018, a Batwa neighborhood in the southern province of Rwanda was ambushed by a neighboring town, leaving one dead and fifteen injured. A group of armed villagers, who are reported to be ethnically majority Hutu, attacked the largely impoverished Batwa households, injuring elders and sending seven to the hospital. […]

Hope for evicted forest people as Kenya vows to honour landmark ruling

by Kevin Mwanza, Thomson Reuters FoundationJune 4, 2018

Evictions have ceased and rehabilitation is underway one year after Africa’s highest human rights court told Kenya to compensate forest-dwellers for violating their land rights NAIROBI, May 31 – Kenya’s Ogiek people are optimistic of returning to their ancestral forests as the government has pledged to honour a landmark ruling ordering reparations for forced evictions, […]

Community conservation is vital to biodiversity, security for Indigenous Peoples of Kenya

by Indigenous Information Network and Global Forest CoalitionMarch 6, 2018

The Maasai and Rendille Indigenous communities in Kenya are facing an existential threat to their lands; development impacts to their wildlife-rich territories are killing off species at an alarming rate. Local communities recently shared their concerns, their community conservation practices, and the threats their territories and efforts are facing. Such community efforts are vital to […]

Maasai culture threatened with extinction by climate change

by Heroes and FriendsOctober 24, 2017

The colourful and iconic Maasai, a semi-nomadic tribe in East Africa, is threatened with extinction due to climate change. After many years of extended dry seasons exacerbated by climate change, an extensive and prolonged drought in this part of the world may see rich traditions in leadership, education and living with nature disappear. “The Maasai […]

An Off-the-Record Genocide

by Deborah S. Rogers, TruthoutAugust 23, 2017

On April 27, 2017, a hapless cow wandered off-course during a seasonal cattle drive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and ended up over the campfire of some Indigenous hunters. The traditional lands of these groups (Batwa and related groups) are routinely trampled by cattle, cut for old-growth timber, or grabbed for mineral resources […]

We Need an International Environmental Criminal Court

by Phyllis OmidoJune 30, 2017

The announcement of the winners of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize is an opportunity to celebrate activist leaders. But it is also a moment to recognize just how much courage their efforts (and those of a great many others) can demand. When my dear friend Berta Cáceres and I won the prize in 2015, Berta […]

In a Guardian Story About an Environmental Conflict in Kenya, the White Saviour Rides Again

by Christine Mungai, GlobalVoicesJune 24, 2017

The Guardian recently published an article by Tristan McConnell, their correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya, titled “Who shot Kuki Gallman? The story of a Kenyan conservationist heroine.” McConnell attempts to tell the story of a conflict in Laikipia, a county in northern Kenya, through the eyes of Gallmann, who is best known for her autobiography I Dreamed […]

Landmark Victory for the Ogiek delivered by the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

by Venatrix FulmenJune 1, 2017

The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, at its 45th session on May 26, 2017 in Arusha, Tanzania, delivered a long-awaited and unanimous judgement against the Kenya government in a case brought before it by the Ogiek Indigenous Peoples. The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights had filed the case after the applicant […]

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