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Indigenous Kenyans forced off ancestral lands in name of conservation: NGOs

A local man with a stick approaches a young hippopotamus staying in a small pool of water near Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Isiolo county. © FREDRIK LERNERYD / AFP

Indigenous communities in northern Kenya are being pushed off their land to make way for wildlife reserves, human rights groups say. They accuse conservation groups of using tourism and carbon offset schemes to justify evictions and violence.

The savannahs of Isiolo County are home to elephants, giraffes, zebras and lions, attracting thousands of tourists each year.

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