News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 50
When Calamity Strikes, Think Local
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 30 (IPS) - More than a month after Cyclone Phailin battered Orissa, tribes in the eastern Indian coastal state are still feeling its wrath. Besides the damage to their homes and hearths, it has also meant a loss of their traditional food.
The Other Rearguard of Colombia’s FARC Rebels
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela, Nov 26 (IPS) - The presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is evident in Venezuela's Amazon region, where the guerrillas can be seen on speed boats, in camps, or interacting with local indigenous communities.
Almost 20 Years On - International Justice Still Fails Rwandans
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Nov 26 (IPS) - "There is a saying that all Rwandans believe in. You can't forgive if you forget, but when you remember, you know what harmed you and you can forgive and move forward," Honore Gatera tells IPS as he walks through the grounds of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda's capital.
A Google for India’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
RAIPUR, India, Nov 23 (IPS) - Deep in the forests of central India live the Gond tribals, an almost forgotten lot, neglected as much by the state as by mainstream media. Many cannot read or write. But thanks to a new technology, and the rapid spread of mobile phones through India, they are now picking up their cell phone and making their voice heard.
Demarcation of Native Territories Essential for Venezuela’s Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
CAÑO DE UÑA, Amazonas, Venezuela, Nov 19 (IPS) - "All of the countries of the Amazon basin say they want to protect the environment, but they all have agreements with transnational corporations for the construction of roads or for mining and exploitation of forests," Curripaco indigenous leader Gregorio Díaz Mirabal, from the south of Venezuela, told Tierramérica.*
Indonesia’s Forest Communities Victims of 'Legal Land Grabs'
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Nov 15 (IPS) - Indonesia's rainforests are facing "legal land grabs", allege NGOs. Its ancient communities are finding that their ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
Idyllic Island Confronts Bloody Past
- Inter Press Service
AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Nov 13 (IPS) - Anguish over the whereabouts of loved ones who went missing during a five-year civil conflict that ended a decade ago continues for countless families in the Solomon Islands. Searching for the remains of those who disappeared is vital to enduring peace in this culturally diverse south-west Pacific island nation of 550,000.
Mining Takes a Bite Out of Guyana's Amazon
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Nov 11 (IPS) - Guyana is engaged in a balancing act to save its rainforest, regarded as a living treasure, from the destructive activities of miners digging their way to another kind of treasure buried beneath this fragile ecosystem.
Ethiopia’s Indigenous Excluded from Rapid Growth
- Inter Press Service
OMO VALLEY, Ethiopia, Nov 11 (IPS) - As the construction of a major transmission line to export electricity generated from one of Ethiopia's major hydropower projects gets underway, there are growing concerns that pastoralist communities living in the region are under threat.
Zimbabweans Left Worse Off by Local Mining Companies
- Inter Press Service
MUTOKO, Zimbabwe, Nov 01 (IPS) - Ranganai Zimbeva, from the rural village of Mutoko, which lies about 200 km northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, plugs his ears with his fingers and shakes his head as he watches miners close to his village blast the hard rock to extract the black granite within.
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