Apr 19, 2018 | News
(En français, ci-dessous) The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met with a delegation of Batwa rights activists on Thursday 19 April in New York, and accepted a Petition from them asking her to visit the African Great Lakes region to gather...
Apr 18, 2018 | News
(En français, ci-dessous) Twa and Mbuti Indigenous peoples, first inhabitants of the African Great Lakes region, have been the subject of massive land grabs, rights violations, sexual violence and mass killings over the past few decades. Conflict characterized as...
Apr 15, 2018 | News
(En français ci-dessous.) Please join us at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday April 18, Room S-2724 BR at 1:15 pm local time. We will present a short overview of the dangerous situation of the Indigenous Twa and Mbuti peoples in the African Great...
Oct 23, 2017 | News
Initiative for Equality (IfE) will present a panel discussion at the upcoming Left Forum, entitled “Transnational Solidarity in Social Justice Movements.” The discussion will focus on why it is essential to have international activist collaborations, and how to engage...
Oct 6, 2017 | News
IfE President Deborah S. Rogers was interviewed on 04 October about the killings of Indigenous Batwa and Bambuti people in DR Congo and what IfE partners in the region are doing to end the attacks and rights abuses. The interview took place on Dennis Bernstein’s...
Aug 16, 2017 | News
On April 27, 2017, a hapless cow wandered off-course during a seasonal cattle drive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and ended up over the campfire of some Indigenous hunters. The traditional lands of these groups (Batwa and related groups) are routinely...
