Month: August 2017
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What indigenous communities can learn from Kenya’s Ogiek Peoples significant land rights victory
Indigenous Peoples mobilisation, activism, tenacity, media coverage, and taking court action all helped bring the Indigenous Ogiek Peoples success against the government of Kenya. Here’s how… On Friday 26th May, 2017 the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights recognised the Ogiek’s status as an indigenous people and rights over their ancestrally owned land. Their victory, along […]