News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 63
New Media Law, New Voices in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous Seek Profits From Forests
- Inter Press Service
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Nov 02 (IPS) - Kenya's Ogiek community, the indigenous group of hunter-gatherers who were evicted from the Mau Forest three years ago, say they will no longer sit by and watch logging companies profit from the resources of their traditional home while they live in poverty in tented camps around the forest without even the most basic of services, like sanitation.
Foreign Farmers Undermine Food Security in Zambia
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Nov 01 (IPS) - Increased agricultural development in Zambia will actually compromise the country’s food security as peasant farmers continue to be driven off their customary land to pave the way for large-scale local and foreign agribusiness, according to the University of Zambia’s dean of the school of agriculture, Dr. Mickey Mwala.
Tribal Wars Threaten South Sudan Again
- Inter Press Service
YUAI, South Sudan, Oct 31 (IPS) - The huge Russian-made helicopter descended slowly towards conical mud huts clustered together and surrounded by endless grassland, lush and green with the season’s rains here in the South Sudanese village of Yuai.
Symbol of Native Culture to Be Bulldozed for World Cup
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26 (IPS) - One victim of the remodelling of Brazil’s Maracaná football stadium in preparation for the World Cup is the old Museum of the Indian, where people from different indigenous groups have attempted to keep their culture alive in the heart of Rio de Janeiro.
Injured Struggle in the Sahara
- Inter Press Service
KUFRA, southern Libya, Oct 20 (IPS) - Safia’s six-year-old body is riddled with scars from the rocket that hit her home in February. With her immediate family all killed in the violent attack, this sole survivor smiles shyly as she visits the medics that fought to save her life.
Communal Land Titling at a Standstill in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The titling of the lands of indigenous and peasant communities has been at a practical standstill for two years, with many of the corresponding files lost or incomplete. But the promotion of foreign investment is moving full steam ahead in the same regions.
Rural Women in Peru Cope “Where Life Is Very Sad”
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Oct 12 (IPS) - When the crops in her rural highlands community in southern Peru were covered with a thick layer of ice one night, Felícitas Quispe, 43, organised her neighbours to make an effort to keep people from starving to death.
Tribal War Simmers in Libya’s Desert
- Inter Press Service
ZWEILA, Southern Libya, Oct 11 (IPS) - A group of Tabu fighters with mud-splattered trucks rest on the outskirts of Zweila, a small historic slave-trade stop in Libya’s southwest Sahara.
Garifuna Women, Custodians of Culture and the Environment in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TRUJILLO, Honduras, Oct 10 (IPS) - Hurricane Match, which devastated Honduras 14 years ago, prompted a group of Garifuna women to start organising, to help the people in greatest need of assistance.
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