GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana’s new president has promised to restore some rights, which were taken away from the Bushmen, an indigenous tribe of hunters and gatherers found across southern Africa.

AFA copy 39088019019223 Gift from Janet Stanley. AFA copy signed by author. Contents The right to choose a life of one's own -- A Louvre of the desert -- The African Eve -- Colonisation by mistake -- ...

Ever experienced a hot, rain-starved summer without air-conditioning? Shade and water are at a premium and mid-day naps might ...

With the genetics age coming into its own, the number of people who have had their genome sequenced could soon explode. But the genetic sequencing done so far has mostly left out African people, ...

LOBATSE, Botswana — Botswana's High Court ruled Wednesday that the country's Bushmen are entitled to live and hunt on their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a decision hailed as a ...

The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert are being relocated by the government of Botswana from their ancestral lands in southern Africa to "resettlement" camps. The relocation coincides with the discovery ...