West African States Join Elephant Protection Project

Three Francophone countries have joined the Elephant Protection Initiative, an Africa-led conservation initiative to eradicate ivory trade and stop the slaughter of the continent's elephants by poachers.

Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Guinea joined the initiative in the course of 2017 -- raising the number of signatories to 18. The three countries will work together to implement a sub-regional approach to elephant conservation.

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