Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a 12% increase in the legal recognition of communal land rights, the highest of any region in the world, between 2015 and 2020, a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) shows.
After five months of waiting, the Indigenous pygmy peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have secured a major victory. Earlier today, the president of the DRC, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi, signed and promulgated the new law on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples, the first legislation in […]
Download logoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Senate took a big leap forward today in recognizing the customary rights of its Indigenous population
Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have failed to fully investigate the killing of at least 66 Indigenous Iyeke people in the Bianga district of Monkoto territory in February 2021.