Inside the wildlife black market fueling Boko Haram

Inside the wildlife black market fueling Boko Haram

By Obidike Okafor - Business Day In the forests of Borno State, a new and dangerous trade is quietly fueling Nigeria’s Boko problem: warthog ivory.While elephant tusks have long dominated the illicit wildlife trade, insurgent groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP have...

SADC pushes for lifting of ivory trade ban

SADC pushes for lifting of ivory trade ban

By Obert Siamilandu - NewsDay SOUTHERN Africa countries have been urged to present a united front towards the lifting of the ivory trade ban at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The CITES meeting is...

Where is Zimbabwe’s cyanide queen?

Where is Zimbabwe’s cyanide queen?

By The Zimbabwean Zimbabwe’s national police force appears reluctant to pursue Li Song, a Chinese national allegedly at the centre of a poaching network that uses the deadly chemical cyanide to kill animals in the country’s game reserves. Li was arrested in 2024 by...