News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 37
New Anti-Terrorism Law Batters Cameroonians Seeking Secession
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Cameroon's government under President Paul Biya is bearing down on a separatist movement fighting for the rights of a minority English-language region, using as its weapon a sweeping new anti-terrorism law introduced at the end of last year.
Kenyan Pastoralists Protest Wanton Destruction of Indigenous Forest
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 25 (IPS) - Armed with twigs and placards, enraged residents from a semi-pastoral community 360 km north of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, protested this week against wanton destruction of indigenous forest – their alternative source of livelihood.
To Defend the Environment, Support Social Movements Like Berta Cáceres and COPINH
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Apr 20 (IPS) - The 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America has been awarded to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Honduran woman who co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, known as COPINH.
Giving African Artists Their Names
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Apr 19 (IPS) - Quick now, can you name a famous African sculptor from the 1800s or even the early 20th century?
Q&A: Iranian Balochistan is a “Hunting Ground” – Nasser Boladai
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Apr 17 (IPS) - Nasser Boladai is the spokesperson of the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI), an umbrella movement aimed at expanding support for a secular, democratic and federal Iran. IPS spoke with him in Geneva, where he was invited to speak at a recent conference on Human Rights and Global Perspectives in his native Balochistan region.
Fears Grow for Indigenous People in Path of Massive Ethiopian Dam
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 17 (IPS) - A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending into Ethiopia.
Latin America Heralds New Era with United States
- Inter Press Service
PANAMA CITY, Apr 13 (IPS) - Latin America presented its own recipes for development in the new era of relations with the United States in the Seventh Summit of the Americas, where Cuba took part for the first time and the U.S. said it would close the chapter of "medd with impunity" in its neighbours to the south.
Land Seizures Speeding Up, Leaving Africans Homeless and Landless
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Apr 08 (IPS) - There is a new scramble for Africa, with ordinary people facing displacement by the affluent and the powerful as huge tracts of land on the continent are grabbed by a minority, rights activists here say.
Civil Society and Politics March for Negev Bedouin Recognition
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Apr 04 (IPS) - There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the corridors of power in Jerusalem to seek recognition for Bedouin villages.
Global Civil Society to the Rescue of the Amazon
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 02 (IPS) - A global civil society petition to save the Amazon is circulating on the internet and its promoters say that once one million signatures have been collected indigenous leaders will deliver it directly to the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
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