Botswana Bushmen Win Right to Return to Land
A Botswana court ruled Wednesday that the country's Bushmen, also known as the Basarwa, were illegally removed from their land in the Kalahari desert. Renee Montagne talks to the BBC's Orla Guerin about the case.
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