Kalahari Bushmen's fight for right to water adds to growing anger at Botswana rulers

Africa's oldest inhabitants are on the march. It was announced last week that the Kalahari Bushmen are returning to court in a new battle with the government of . The ancient tribe claim they are denied access to a borehole on their land, one of the driest regions on the planet. The Bushmen won a court case in 2006 against their eviction from a game park in the central Kalahari, hailed as a victory for indigenous peoples around the world. Since then, hundreds have returned to their home villages. But the Bushmen – the oldest tribe in southern Africa, going back about 30,000 years – claim that the government capped a borehole close to their villages and is refusing to reopen it, or to allow...

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