Brazil airlifts starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle - BBC News

The government declares a medical emergency and ex-president Bolsonaro is accused of "genocide".

9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, President Lula said what he saw in Roraima state amounted to "genocide"By Laura GozziBBC NewsBrazil has airlifted 16 starving Yanomami tribal people to receive urgent treatment, after the government declared a medical emergency.

The indigenous people live in a reserve in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused his predecessor, far-right Jair Bolsonaro, of committing genocide against the rainforest tribe.

The government declared a medical emergency after hundreds of Yanomami children died from malnutrition.

The deaths are linked to water pollution caused by mining and logging in the densely forested area, where food insecurity is rife.

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