One arrested as police recover elephant tusks worth Ksh.10M

By Otukho Jackson,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday recovered 100kgs of elephant tusks valued at about Ksh.10 million in Nyan...

DCI , Elephant Tusks

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta talks tough on ivory trade war

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has reaffirmed Kenya’s push for closure of all ivory trade markets across the world. She said Kenya will continue wi...

ivory trade , Margaret Kenyatta

Zimbabwe pushing to sell its $600 million ivory stock

By VOA,

Zimbabwe hosted the first United Nations and Africa Union summit on wildlife. The country is seeking permission to sell its $600 million stock of elep...

Elephant Ivory , UN/AU Wildlife Summit , Zimbabwe

Two suspects arrested with 16 elephant tusks in Nakuru

By Wambui Kihara,

Police on Thursday arrested two suspects found transporting 16 elephant tusks in Nakuru. Confirming the incident, Nakuru County Police Commander St...

Elephant Tusks , Nakuru County , Poaching

At least 28 hippos found dead in Ethiopia’s national park

By CNN,

The bodies of at least 28 hippopotamuses have been found in Ethiopia's national park in the southwest of the country, local media reported Monday. ...

Cameroon busts ivory, pangolin traffickers

By VOA,

Police in Cameroon have arrested four wildlife traffickers caught with huge quantities of elephant tusks and scales from pangolins. The traffickers, s...

Cameroon , Elephant Tusks , Pangolins

Three Nakuru businessmen charged with trafficking Ksh.1.6M elephant tusks

By Robert Maina,

Three Nakuru businessmen were on Wednesday afternoon arraigned and charged with trafficking 8 kilograms of elephant tusks worth Ksh.1.6 million. Ap...

Elephant Tusks , kws , Magistrate Josephat Kalo , Nakuru court , trafficking

Tanzanian court sentences Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ to 15 years for smuggling

By Reuters,

A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of...

chinese , Elephant Tusks , Ivory Queen , Tanzania , Yang Feng Glan

Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated Ksh.800M

By Reuters,

Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value estimated at ...

Contraband shipment , Democratic Republic of Congo. , Elephant Tusks , uganda

Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated Ksh.803M

By Reuters,

Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value estimated at ...

Ivory , pangolin scales , Seruma

Hong Kong customs seize record haul of pangolin scales bound for Vietnam

By Reuters,

Hong Kong customs busted a massive endangered species smuggling operation from Africa, seizing a record quantity of pangolin scales along with more th...

Hongkong , Vietnam

3 Chinese nationals arrested in Kilimani to remain in police custody

By Dzuya Walter,

Three Chinese nationals and a Kenyan who were arrested in Kilimani for being in possession of wildlife trophies will remain in police custody as inves...

Chinese arrested , Kilimani , wildlife trophies

3 Chinese arrested in Kilimani, elephant tusks discovered

By Hassan Mugambi,

Three Chinese nationals and one Kenyan have been arrested after a raid at their residence in Kilimani, Nairobi on Tuesday morning. Police discovere...

Chinese arrested , kilimani nairobi

Cambodia investigates 3 tons of African ivory abandoned at port

By VOA,

Some three tons of African ivory sat in an unmarked crate in a Cambodian port for more than a year, until a tip from the U.S. embassy led authorities ...

Emily Zeeberg , Meas Nee , Sun Chhay

Two arrested with Ksh.2M elephant tusks in Kibwezi

By Michael Mutinda,

Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) arrested two people said to be in possession of elephant tusks worth Ksh.2million in Kibwezi. The s...

Kenya Wildlife Services(KWS)

53-year-old man arrested with 11 elephant tusks

By Citizen Reporter,

Police on Tuesday evening arrested a 53-year-old in possession of 11 pieces of elephant tusks weighing 55 kilograms. The suspect; Changawa Koi Kai...

Elephant Tusks , Poaching

Isiolo: Man arrested in possession of elephant tusks

By Wendy Abdallah,

Police on Wednesday arrested a man in possession of elephant tusks weighing 12 kilograms in Isiolo County. James Muriuki, 43, was apprehended in I...

DCI , Elephant Tusks , Isiolo town , Poaching

Two charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh2.6M

By Simon Ngure,

Two suspects were on Wednesday charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh.2.6 million in Nakuru town. The suspects; Samuel Wahome and Hillary Kiplaga...

Chief Magistrate Josephat Kalo

Suspects busted with elephant tusks in Maralal released on Ksh.5M bond

By Josphister Lengarpatei,

Two men were arraigned in a Maralal court in Samburu County for being in possession of elephant tusks without a legal permit. The tusks weighed 23 ...

Maralal , tusks

More African ivory being smuggled into China despite ban: report

By Reuters,

More African ivory is being smuggled into China and a ban on trade in ivory has failed to dampen imports, a report said. Wildlife activists welcome...

African Ivory , Chinese ban ivory