One step closer: indigenous peoples’ rights in the DRC
By Eunice Nsikak Olembo, Africa Legal Officer at Minority Rights Group After nine years of tenacious advocacy by indigenous rights…
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Indigenous Ogiek in Kenya eagerly anticipate reparations judgement
The quest for justice for the Ogiek people continues. On Thursday 23 June 2022, the African Court on Human and…
Recommendations to African states on indigenous and minority issues
This joint oral statement on the human rights situation of indigenous peoples, communities and minorities in Africa was delivered by…
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Minority and indigenous peoples’ rights defenders urge African states to address marginalisation grievances
Human rights defenders of minorities and indigenous peoples across Africa are calling on African states to take urgent measures that…
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Part 2: Indigenous languages are important but are they useful?
In the second of two blogs reporting from the Expert Seminar on Indigenous Peoples’ Languages and Cultures, Daniel Openshaw, MRG’s…
A journey of firsts for Endorois women
Giulia di Mattia, MRG’s Programme Assistant, reports back from a trip to the African Commission in The Gambia with a…
We are enemies of ourselves
MRG’s Head of Law, Lucy Claridge, is in Kenya to gather evidence for two crucial international land rights cases. Don’t…
Abandoned identities
Whilst attending the 43rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Swaziland MRG’s International Human Rights…
A tiny, mountainous, beautiful kingdom
Paile Chabane, MRG’s International Human Rights Officer for Africa, revisits the 43rd session of the African Commission on Human and…
My work is done…
Paile Chabane, MRG’s International Human Rights Officer for Africa, reports from the final day of a landmark conference on minorities…
