Day: June 21, 2017

African court’s landmark ruling gives hope to rural people across the continent

African court’s landmark ruling gives hope to rural people across the continent

Liz Alden Wily, Leiden University The still new African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a landmark judgement for marginalised communities across Africa. It ruled that the Kenyan government violated the rights of the Mau Ogiek people by evicting them from their ancestral land in the Mau Forest complex. Before taking their case…