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A San woman pictured at the Botswana Bushmen resettlement town of New Xade, a few kilometres away from Botswana's Central Kalahari Grand Reserve (CKGR), September 2005. In a landmark ruling Botswana's High Court on Friday gave women inheritance rights for the first time, up-ending a male-dominated system that had prevailed in the thriving African nation.

Botswana to evict Bushmen

The government of Botswana will next week evict hundreds of Bushmen from their land to make way for a wildlife park.

AU leaders meet for Africa Day

Leaders from 54 African states have gathered in Ethiopia to celebrate 50 years of formalised solidarity.
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