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Kenya Forest Dwellers SayGovernment Evictions Leave Several Dead, Injured

Mohammed Yusuf

   NAIROBI, KENYA - Human Rights Watch says Kenyan security agencies have
   abused and evicted people in Mau forest in an unlawful manner. The
   rights group said nine people have died, including two children, in the
   eviction process that began in 2018.

   The government maintains that the ongoing evictions are part of a wider
   effort to reclaim the forest, which is a key source of water and clean
   air for the country.

   Human Rights Watch says that since June 2018, Kenyan wildlife service,
   policeand county security personnel have been evicting families living
   in the Mau forest, in Kenya's Rift Valley region.

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