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Kenya: Two men found with elephant tusk arrested in Bungoma

By Brian Ojamaa, The Nation Police in Bungoma town over the weekend arrested two men who were found with an elephant tusk. The two suspects, James Wandili and Moses Crusho, are suspected to be part of a syndicate engaging in poaching and selling wildlife trophies on the black market. Police said the two were found in possession of elephant tusk...

Kenya: Tourism Ministry raises Ksh.10 million for elephant naming festival

By The Citizen The Ministry of Tourism has mobilized Ksh.10 million for the upcoming elephant naming festival dubbed the Magical Kenya Tembo naming festival. The contributions include Ksh.3 million from the East African Breweries Limited (EABL), the Elephant Cooperation, Twiga Tours and the Animal Adoption Advocacy LLC. The funds will be channeled towards the conservation of elephants while the elephant...

Malawi Court Set to Sentence Chinese Member in Notorious Wildlife Criminal Syndicate

The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has set 27 September, 2021, as the day for delivering judgement against a Chinese national, Yunhua Lin, who is answering charges of money laundering and rhino horn trafficking. Lin came to Malawi as an investor like many do but without proper screening and vetting, the country let in a criminal who is destroying...

17 August 2021

Investigation derails Namibia’s key argument for sale of endangered elephants

By Tracy Keeling – The Canary Namibia confirmed on 11 August that it’s going ahead with a controversial sale of endangered elephants. Officials claim the sell-off will “minimise human-elephant conflicts” in the areas from which they’ll take the elephants. But an investigation threatens to derail this assertion, as it’s apparently found that such conflicts are minimal in most of the targeted areas. An investigation by the...

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Category: News

Kenya: Two men found with elephant tusk arrested in Bungoma

Kenya: Tourism Ministry raises Ksh.10 million for elephant naming festival

Malawi Court Set to Sentence Chinese Member in Notorious Wildlife Criminal Syndicate

Investigation derails Namibia’s key argument for sale of endangered elephants

EU risks stalling progress on wildlife protections at global conference

Africa is not a country: Europe’s neo-colonial attitude to the protection of African elephants

EU backtracks: Once again, it supports the export of baby elephants out of Africa

Ivory from at least 150 poached elephants seized in the DRC raid

Incredible Journey of Meandering Elephants Ends at Kruger National Park: 5 Relocated, 6 Missing