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Evicted From Their Forests, Kenyan Hunter-gatherers Fight For Their Rights

Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietly flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed.

International Business Times

The death of Mukhtar Ansari | When the guns fall silent, the voices remain

Mukhtar Ansari's controversial life and death in Uttar Pradesh sparks political debates and public opinions.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh: Two notorious criminals arrested after police encounter in Mau

Two notorious criminals were arrested in a police encounter on Tuesday morning near Van Devi under the Sarailkhansi police station area, in Mau Uttar Pradesh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘We are living in absolute fear’: call to stop Indigenous evictions in Rift Valley

Human rights groups demand Kenyan government halt forced evictions of Ogiek community from Mau forest

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After Ghosi bypoll outcome, hoarding outside SP office taunts Om Prakash Rajbhar

Mr. Rajbhar, who leads the SBSP, a Other Backward Classes caste centric party campaigned extensively for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dara Singh Chauhan in Ghosi under Mau district, having sizeable Rajbhar caste votes.

The Hindu

BJP took a stand against rioters, says Yogi Adityanath

Campaigning ahead of the bypoll in Mau district’s Ghosi on Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the interests of the party, and not the progress of the State or Assembly constituency, were supreme for the Samajwadi Party. He spoke of the Mau riots, ban on Janmashtami celebrations,…

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Uttar Pradesh: Ink attack on BJP candidate Dara Singh Chauhan during campaigning for Ghosi assembly by-poll

VARANASI: Ghosi assembly by-poll campaigning took an ugly turn on Sunday when a youth threw ink on Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Dara Singh Chauhan in Adari area of Mau district on Sunday afternoon.

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Kenya's logging ban has been lifted – it's a political decision and a likely setback for conservation

Kenyan president William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging, despite public objections. Ruto said it would create jobs and boost economic growth. Lisa E. Fuchs has studied the Mau Forest Complex, one of Kenya’s most important – and most threatened – forests. She unpacks the implications of this…

The Conversation

Mukhtar Ansari's gang most dreaded one in India, says Allahabad HC bench

PRAYAGRAJ: While observing that Mukhtar Ansari gang is the most dreaded criminal gang of India, the Allahabad high court has rejected the bail application of one Ramu Mallah, a member of Mukhtar gang, in a murder case of Mau district.

The Times of India

How politics has subverted conservation efforts to protect Kenya’s Mau Forest

The Mau Forest Complex is the largest montane tropical forest in East Africa. This is an ecosystem with rich biodiversity and characterised by high rainfall.

The Conversation

‘Didn’t come to check on us’: CAA protesters weigh up poll choices in Mau

“For 14 months and 10 days they were kept in jail. Photos from protests were used to suggest their involvement in violence when it was the handiwork of outsiders,” said Munawar Razai, 53, who runs a mattress store in Mau Sadar constituency in UP’s Mau district. “The administration always acts…

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Will Yogi Adityanath’s 'bulldozer' lead the BJP to victory in UP?

To keep the focus on law and order, the Yogi Adityanath government has been flaunting its “bulldozer” – the action taken against what it calls buildings linked to the “mafia”. But when Newslaundry visited Mau, several traders alleged that a particular community had been targeted in an unlawful manner under…

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U.P. Assembly elections | Jailed MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas takes over mantle of Mau

Unlike father, he enjoys a clean image with no serious charges against him and is a former sportsperson

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