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Ancient Tribe Battles To Remain in Kalahari Reserve

by Georgia | December 23, 2005

Kaudwane, Botswana - For over 20,000 years, clans of hunter-gathers have survived in central Botswana's stark, desert plains. Now, a handful are left, locked in a bitter dispute over their right to remain in what has been declared a wildlife reserve.

Survival International has backed a lawsuit by about 240 Basarwa accusing the government of destroying their traditional way of life to make way for mining, which accounts for three-fourths of Botswana's export earnings.

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