Nigeria has been asked to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous people. August 09 every year has been set aside by the United Nations as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, reports The Nation. In a statement yesterday, the Network of Journalists on Indigenous Issues ...
•South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa is determined to repatriate the remains of its people taken abroad during the colonial era and those who died in exile as anti-apartheid activists, the culture minister said today. The government was in contact with foreign institutions over the return of remains of indigenous people, includ...

