Ivory Trade Funding Central Africa Rebel Groups
The U.S. Department of State and several international organizations say rebel groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, are using poaching and the illegal sale of ivory as a means to fund their operations.
VIDEO: Illegal Ivory Trade Linked to LRA Rebel Group
In Central Africa, authorities have linked the illegal ivory trade to the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups. Voice Of America's Vincent Makori ... see more »
Documents
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Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the Lord’s Resistance Army
- Publisher:
- Enough Project
- Publication Date:
- 3 June 2013
This report concludes that the resources gained from the illegal trade of ivory undercut the efforts of the African Union Regional Task Force soldiers ... see more »
InFocus
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United Nations has accused the Lord's Resistance Army of using powerful weapons to kill elephants for their ivory in Central Africa. Read more »
Photo: James Morgan/WWF
A Gabon Eco Guard displaying seized poached elephant tusks and poacher's weapons, Oyem, Gabon.
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how many times do we see these article now, it seems endless and nothing is being done to save the world from a creature-less future. it seems all to clear that the demand for all this killing centers on the Chinese middle class coming into enough wealth to allow them to follow their ancient believes that these animals could either heal their ailments or fill their bellies with meat or chopsticks. as the saying goes the killing will stop if you suppress the buying demand. it is time that we as non Chinese give the Chinese human content of this world a very strong warning that enough is enough or else.... who would want to live in a world knowing there are no elephants, rino's, tigers, sharks and a whole string of other well known animals around anymore. it seems to me so much more important than 90% of all the news items around day by day, still no one seems to really care?