Press releases

Two Zambians arrested for selling tusks to undercover cop (Namibia)

See link for photo.  Two Zambian nationals were arrested on Thursday, 1 September, at about 14:30, after they were found in possession of four elephant tusks, which they attempted to sell to an undercover officer. According to the police, the...

Most wanted fugitive Abdi Hussein extradited to US (Kenya)

See link for photo. A suspect wanted for wildlife and drug trafficking was on Saturday night extradited to the US to answer to his crimes. Abdi Hussein Ahmed alias Abu Khadi was extradited following orders issued by Milimani Chief Magistrate...

Zimbabwe moves 2,500 wild animals due to climate change

See link for photo.  HARARE, ZIMBABWE: A helicopter herds thousands of impalas into an enclosure. A crane hoists sedated upside-down elephants into trailers. Hordes of rangers drive other animals into metal cages and a convoy of trucks starts a...

UK NGOs want Johnson to condemn moves to overturn ivory trade ban

See link for photo.  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should act to thwart Botswana and other southern African countries’ desire to have the ban on legal ivory sale lifted, a coalition of British conservation groups has said.  The...

Togo: Five ivory traffickers transferred to Sokodé civil prison

Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so please excuse the roughness. See link for the French original. See link for photo.  The new penal code in force in the country, in its environment component, strengthens...

Three nabbed for elephant tusks (Namibia)

RUNDU: Three Namibian male suspects aged 26, 30 and 33 are due in court after they were arrested on Saturday night in Kavango West for illegal possession of a live pangolin and two elephant tusks.  “The trio were arrested at 21h30 at Ntara...

Kampala Resident Jailed in New York.

A Kampala Resident of Liberian Nationality has been sentenced to 63 months in Prison by a court in Newyork. US District Judge Gregory H.Woods found Kromah Moazu alias Ayoub guilty of conspiring to traffic in millions of dollars in rhinoceros horns...