Eviction of Bushmen Is Ruled Illegal; Botswana Game Reserve Was Ancestral Home for Thousands From: The Washington Post | Date: December 14, 2006| Author: | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A court in Botswana ruled Wednesday that the government was wrong to evict thousands of Bushmen from their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and should allow one of Africa's most ancient peoples to return to land their families had occupied for centuries.

Bushmen celebrated the 2 to 1 decision by the High Court in Lobatse, a border city near South Africa, though the government can still appeal.

"We feel very happy because the land has come back to us," said Solomon Phetolo, a spokesman for the First People of the Kalahari, an advocacy group, speaking in Lobatse. "Most of the people ...

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