Botswana: Bushmen Make A Splash On World Water Day

Botswana: Bushmen Make A Splash On World Water Day   For the first time in ten years, Botswana’s Bushmen are celebrating World Water Day as they enjoy unobstructed access to the life-giving substance.   Their main desert well was capped shut by the government in 2002 in an effort to move the tribe off their ancestral land to make way for diamond mining.   However, a long and sustained campaign by Survival International and the Bushmen means they are now free to drink and wash,...

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