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6 Sep 2011

Borehole breakthrough for Botswana’s Bushmen

Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have celebrated drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years.
1 Jul 2011

Bushmen in Botswana face eviction

Bushmen in south-west Botswana will be forcefully evicted from their land today (1 July 2011), according to national newspaper The Voice.
6 Dec 2010

Swiss church group says 'don’t buy Zimbabwean diamonds'

A Swiss church-backed group says human rights violations are being committed in Zimbabwean mines and the minerals should be labelled "blood diamonds".
3 Nov 2010

De Beers boycott begins over treatment of Botswanan Bushmen

Survival International has launched its call for a boycott of De Beers and other Botswanan diamonds over the treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.
2 Nov 2010

Celebrities back call to boycott Botswana diamonds

Survival International will tomorrow (3 November 2010) call for a boycott of Botswana diamonds over the government’s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.
9 Jul 2010

Zimbabwean human rights activist imprisoned over diamond report

Amnesty International is calling on the Zimbabwean government to release an activist who is being detained after he exposed human rights violations in the country’s Marange diamond fields.
6 Jul 2010

Zimbabwe called on to release Marange diamond fields activist

The Zimbabwean government is being asked to release an activist detained after exposing human rights violations in the country’s Marange diamond fields.
26 May 2009

Support fair trade diamonds and gold

Civil wars in countries such as Angola, Sierra Leone and the Congo have often been funded by the sale of ‘conflict diamonds’.

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