The San people are the only ethnic group in Namibia whose health status has declined since independence. Livelihoods will likely continue to decline unless their land rights are guaranteed.

Illustrative image shows a Ju'hoansi San woman in grass in Namibia. The San people are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa, where they have lived for at least 20,000 years.

The San people live on the Namibia-Angola border She trekked across remote and dangerous areas of the continent with an international team collecting DNA samples from more than 3,000 modern ...

Obasanjo said: “No doubt, the good people of Namibia have spoken and have decided to repose their trust and confidence in your leadership, particularly as the first female President of Namibia.” ...

Today there are about 130,000 San people in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.They were historically nomadic hunter gatherers; in the past century or so their lives have become ...

San activist Gakemotho Wallican Satau, who lives in the town of Shakawe, to the north of the hills, tells me that for the San the hills are "similar to Mecca for the Muslim people". Getty Images ...