Botswana: Botswana Approves $3bn Mine As Bushman Water Case Gets Underway

Botswana: Botswana Approves $3bn Mine As Bushman Water Case Gets Underway   Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them access to water there.   Gem Diamonds announced today that its application to open a huge diamond mine near the Bushman community of Gope in the reserve has been approved. The company claims to have secured the consent...

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