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Minority Sengwer tribe vows to battle for forestland

Human rights activists Liz Acden-Wily (left), and Faith Alubbe during a press conference in Nairobi on Friday last week. The activists called on the Government to end the eviction of the Sengwer from Embobut Forest. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Members of the Sengwer community wants to be allowed to return to Embobut Forest.

The community was evicted from the forest in 2014. However, it has maintained that the forest is part of its ancestral land and it should be allowed access to it.

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