By Carolyne Chebet, Standard Media The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has posted information on two Kenyans wanted for crimes related to illegal wildlife trade. Nicholas Mweri, 44, and Samuel Bakari, 29, are being sought for allegedly illicitly...
By Paul Adude, The Daily Monitor The United States (US) ambassador to Uganda, Ms Deborah Malac, has said modern technology will help combat wildlife trafficking in the country and the region at large. “While Uganda and responsible members of the international...
By ARISTOS GEORGIOU - NewsWeek he African elephant will disappear within two decades if urgent action is not taken to save one of the world's most iconic animal species, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned in a new campaign fundraiser. The population of...
By Gregory Wakeman - N Arts & Culture Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone had one ambition when they started work on their stunning and heartbreaking new documentary: to make audiences fall in love with elephants so they...
By TOM BRENNAN - Alizilia Fifty rangers on the front lines of conservation and wildlife protection in Africa were honored at the second annual African Ranger Awards on Friday at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana, including six who received the award posthumously after dying...
By Edward Qorro, The Daily News Five more canine dogs are set to be deployed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport’s (JNIA) terminal 3 to stop poachers and traffickers in their tracks. The sniffer dogs are part of 12 canines that had undergone a nine-week...
By Noelle McElhatton, Antiques Trade Gazette FACT (the Friends of Antique and Cultural Treasures Limited) was given the permission by High Court judge Mr Justice Robert Jay, which involves an appeal against his own decision to reject their legal challenge to the act....
By Victor Maphosa, The Herald A Murehwa woman was recently arrested for illegally possessing 1 040 kilogrammes of ivory valued at US$176 000. Acting on a tip off, detectives searched the 42-year-old woman’s homestead and recovered the ivory wrapped in plastic bags....
By ZBC Mozambican nationals have been convicted for illegally possessing elephant tusks, a live pangolin and breaking immigration laws. Santo Kamu (38) and Lazarus Chihowa (32) from Mangwe in Mozambique were this Tuesday sentenced to different prison sentences after...
By Kiplangat Kirui, The Star Two convicted elephant poachers have received reduced sentences — fines of Sh220,000 each or 15-month jail terms. The Narok High Court reduced the sentences from a Sh1 million fine each or five years in jail. Moge Malit and Metian Rakatian...