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Uganda: Wildlife - Director Suspended Over Missing Ivory
Independent (Kampala), 25 November 2014
Andrew Seguya, the executive director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has been suspended by Maria Mutagamba, the Minister of Wildlife, Tourism and Antiquities to pave way… Read more »
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Uganda: Top Government Officials' Implicated in Trafficking Elephant Tusks
Independent (Kampala), 10 November 2014
In the last two years, about 12 tonnes of ivory from poached elephants has been seized in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi; and all of it came from Uganda. John Okot Emitchell, the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Anti-Poaching Efforts Under Pressure From Corruption
The Herald, 10 November 2014
POLICE in Dete recently arrested two suspects on allegations of killing three elephants by cyanide poisoning. However, the real kingpins behind wildlife gangs remain untouchable,… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda to Brighten Spotlight On for Wildlife Items
EA Business, 26 October 2014
Uganda is working out strategies to reduce the transiting of illegal wildlife products through the country. Read more »
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Africa: Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking
Sabahi, 8 October 2014
The International police organisation Interpol announced Tuesday (October 7th) it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in… Read more »
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East Africa: Ivory Poaching Funds Insurgencies
African Arguments, 16 September 2014
At the beginning of August, the minutes of a meeting of intelligence chiefs from African states were released, revealing the extent to which poaching and the smuggling of ivory and… Read more »