Outrage as Botswana Bushmen denied access to water
There was outrage today as Botswana's High Court denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water.
The Judge ruled that the Bushmen were not entitled to access an existing water borehole on their lands or to drill a new one inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the driest regions in the world. The hearing of the case was held on June 9, but the judge reserved his ruling until today. -more-
President Obama
Prepare Yourself and Your Family for a Nuclear Blast or Other Calamity
By James Smith
The White House has warned state and local governments not to expect an immediate federal response to a nuclear attack for 24 to 72 hours, according to their planning guide.
President Obama, speaking at the two-day nuclear security conference said it would be a “catastrophe for the world” if a nuclear attack takes place. In the event of a nuclear blast many lives would be lost the day of the attack and days to years later as a result. -more-
charity: water to Launch UNSHAKEN on World Water Day, March 22, 2010
NEW YORK, March 20 -- On World Water Day, Monday, March 22, charity: water will launch UNSHAKEN, a campaign to fund long-term water solutions for areas of greatest need in rural Haiti. charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. The organization has been funding safe water and sanitation projects in Haiti for two years now, working with local implanting partners Concern Worldwide and Partners In Health. Both partners have more than two decades of experience working on the ground in Haiti. -more-
Avatar's story is being played out
in real life.© 20th Century Fox
'AVATAR IS REAL', SAY TRIBAL PEOPLE
Following the film ‘Avatar’’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today.
A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, told Survival International, ‘The Penan people cannot live without the rainforest. The forest looks after us, and we look after it. We understand the plants and the animals because we have lived here for many, many years, since the time of our ancestors. -more-
U.S. Military Refuses to Allow Some Aid Planes to Land in Haiti
EXODUS Staff - A Doctors Without Boarders plane carrying medical equipment and supplies was not allowed to land in Haiti and instead had to land in the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Military refusal caused Doctors Without Boarders 12 tons of medical aid to be delayed three additional days. -more-
Senegalese President
Abdoulaye Wade
“HOW CAN WE NOT AFFORD TO GIVE?” ASKS LIBERIAN WRITER
Jan. 19 (GIN) - After the earthquake that devastated one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, Liberia offered Haiti $50,000 to be used for material aid.
An editorial this week in Liberia’s Daily Observer asked: “How can we afford not to give?…The relations between Liberia and Haiti go back a long way… Haiti and Liberia were the first two Black countries whose people came out of slavery and formed independent countries – one in the western hemisphere and the other on the continent of Africa. -more-
STAND IN LEADER TRIES TO RESTRAIN RELIGIOUS STRIFE
Jan. 19 (GIN) – Nigeria’s Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, standing in for the ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, issued a call for peace this week in the strife-torn city of Jos where a stone-throwing melee between groups of Muslims and Christians is blamed for over 140 deaths. -more-
ANGOLA CRACKS DOWN ON CABINDA RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Jan. 19 (GIN) – Police in Angola are using a deadly attack on the Togo national soccer team to round up the country’s critics, an Angolan rights lawyer said.
According to the lawyer, Martinho Nombo, five people arrested last week had nothing to do with the incident linked to the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda, a group which has been fighting Angola for a share in the vast oil wealth of the Cabinda region. -more-
Ugandan Women
Protest
FIFTY UGANDAN WOMEN JAILED FOR POLITICAL PROTEST
Jan. 18 (GIN) – Opposition members are calling for the immediate release of 50 women detained this week at a political protest.
The women had been demanding the resignation of the Election Commission Chairman Badru Kiggundu and his fellow commissioners. It was the first time a women’s group was seen mobilizing against the commissioners who oversaw the 2006 election which was marred by widespread irregularities. The women belong to different opposition political parties operating under an umbrella organization - Inter party coalition. -more-
Impoverished Haiti Suffers 7.0 Earthquake
EXODUS Staff – It's been at least 200 years since Haiti has experienced an earthquake of this magnitude. Reports are slowing coming in as to the devastation suffered by this small nation. It is assumed thousands have died and many are injured. -more-
GLOBAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN EXPOSES MALICE OF BOTSWANA GOVERNMENT
Survival has launched an ad campaign exposing the Botswana government’s malicious treatment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, the country’s oldest inhabitants. -more-
U.S. COMPANIES VIE TO HALT LANDMARK APARTHEID LAWSUIT
Jan. 12 (GIN) – A U.S. appeals court is hearing arguments from a group of multi-national corporations seeking to block a lawsuit brought by South African victims of apartheid. -more-
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