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Over the last ten years the Nuba tribes of central Sudan have been caught in the middle of the vicious civil war between the Islamist government of Sudan and the rebel movement based in the south of the country.

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February 28, 2002

Over the last ten years the Nuba tribes of central Sudan have been caught in the middle of the vicious civil war between the Islamist government of Sudan and the rebel movement based in the south of the country.

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Bushmen silenced and barred from ancestral lands

February 24, 2002

The Botswana government last week denied the Gana and Gwi Bushmen still in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their only means of communication with the outside world, and turned back Bushmen bringing them essential supplies of food and water.

Botswana tortures Bushmen, then prosecutes them

February 13, 2002

The Botswana authorities are prosecuting 13 Gana and Gwi Bushmen for 'hunting without a licence' after they had been tortured by wildlife officers.

Kenyan President implicated in tribal forest land grab

February 10, 2002

Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has been exposed as one of the main beneficiaries of a controversial plan to cut down nearly 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of Kenya's remaining forest, much of it in the Mau forest, home of Kenya's Ogiek tribe.

Government sides with loggers against Indians

February 1, 2002

The Peruvian government, despite promises, has failed to remove loggers from the territory of uncontacted Indians in the south-east of the country.

Judge sides with Wichí against land barons

February 1, 2002

A Wichí Indian village has won an important victory in its battle to hold on to some of its land, in the face of a brutal campaign by absentee landowners.

Papuan leader killed amid military build-up

January 31, 2002

Papuan peoples have suffered greatly under the Indonesian occupation which has been in force since 1963. The Indonesian army has a long history of human rights violations against the Papuans - including killings, arbitrary arrests, rape and torture.

India considers closing 'road of death'

January 31, 2002

Survival's campaign for the recently-contacted Jarawa tribe in India's Andaman Islands is having a significant impact. Now events are creating a unique opportunity to ensure their survival.

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