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Stories about: Botswana

Botswana Will Only Approve Mining Site if Bushmen Receive No Water Although the Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve already have a difficult time finding water and are facing severe shortages, a new ruling by the Botswana government says that the Gem Diamonds company can only operate in the region if it denies water supplies to the indigenous people. The central auth... 11 December 2008 09:05 GMT Elephants Killed by an African Landfill Natural reservations were created in national parks across Africa with the express purpose of caring for the wildlife, as well as for endangered species, such as several types of elephants. This usually implies the area is protected and that human activities are reduced to a minimum. This is not the case with the Cho... 6 November 2008 02:17 GMT