Indigenous Peoples' Struggles

Other information 22 August 2024

DR Congo: Indigenous Batwa rights to return to their ancestral lands inside the Kahuzi-Biega National Park recognized after decades of struggle

The African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights recently made public its historic ruling on the Indigenous Batwa Peoples’ right to return to their ancestral home from which they were violently evicted, when the Kahuzi-Biega National Park was created in Eastern DR Congo.

Bulletin articles 25 October 2023

The Batwa and the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the DRC: Will the new law on Indigenous Peoples help the Batwa recover their land?

With the support of international funding, the establishment of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park has led to the forced and violent eviction of the Batwa Indigenous People. The DRC government recently passed a new law on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, which, though a step forward, does not apply to lands that have already been designated as protected areas, nor does it make any mention of historic injustices.

Other information 28 August 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo: The search for consensus on the Itombwe forests

Other information 28 August 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Deforestation of protected areas for mining operations in the province of Katanga – The case of the Basse Kando Reserve

Bulletin articles 18 July 2007

Indigenous Peoples' Struggles

DR Congo: Indigenous Batwa rights to return to their ancestral lands inside the Kahuzi-Biega National Park recognized after decades of struggle

The Batwa and the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the DRC: Will the new law on Indigenous Peoples help the Batwa recover their land?

Democratic Republic of the Congo: The search for consensus on the Itombwe forests

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Deforestation of protected areas for mining operations in the province of Katanga – The case of the Basse Kando Reserve

Central Africa: Deforestation brings HIV/AIDS to indigenous communities, mainly women

Central African Indigenous Peoples: Losing their health along with their forest

DRC: Efe Pygmies deprived of their homeland and their livelihood

Democratic Republic of Congo: The World Bank acknowledges failure in EESRSP project

Congo, Democratic Republic: Pygmies stand up to World Bank logging development

Central Africa: The Twa Alienation from their Forests Impact Doubly on Women

The Impact of Protected Areas on Twa Women

Rwanda: Indigenous Batwa Opening Channels of Cooperation with Conservation

Indigenous Peoples' Struggles

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