$105bn lost as jumbos killed in Tanzania

Arusha.The 12,000 elephants which were reported to have disappeared mysteriously from the Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem may have been killed by poachers and their carcasses picked clean before they were discovered, according to conservation experts.

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Jumbos Moving to Tanzania Risk Poaching
AllAfrica.com
The Kenyan elephants are at great risk due to massive poaching in the neighbouring Tanzania, experts have warned. Last year, Kenya lost 167 elephants to poachers while Tanzania lost more than 10,000 jumbos. WildlifeDirect CEO Paula Kahumbu said ...
Tanzania Has Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Elephants In Just The Last 4 YearsPlanetSave.com

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Tanzania Has Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Elephants In Just The Last 4 Years
PlanetSave.com
Tanzania has lost two-thirds of its elephant population in just the last 4 years, as a result of growing demand for ivory and the increasing professionalism of poachers, according to recent reports. Elephant numbers in the African country stood at ...
Germany supports wildlife protection and tourism development in TanzaniaeTurboNews

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World Magazine
Tanzania to 40000 Maasai: Get lost!
World Magazine
In little more than one month, 40,000 Maasai tribe members in northern Tanzania will be forced to leave the lands on which they and their ancestors have herded for centuries. The reason: the Dubai royal family wants a new hunting reserve. One online ...

Tanzania: Three Depots' Pledge on Lost Billions
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — Three of the four inland container depots where 2,431 containers have gone missing without paying taxes have said they will cooperate with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to recover the lost revenue. DICD, JEFAG and PMM container ...
ICDs pledge to help in missing containers sagaDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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Huffington Post
Tanzania Has Lost 60 Percent Of Its Elephants To Poachers In 5 Years
Huffington Post
85,181. That number represents -- sorry, represented -- nearly 60 percent of Tanzania's elephant population. But over the past five years, more than 80,000 of the country's elephants have been slaughtered for their ivory in yet another sign humanity could ...
Decline of Elephants in Tanzania Is Catastrophic, Activists SayU.S. News & World Report
Decline of Tanzanian elephants due to poaching is...

Tanzania: Authorities Recover Gun Lost in Mvomero Clashes
AllAfrica.com
Morogoro — A police gun which was stolen during a fight between farmers and pastoralists in Dihinda Village in Mvomero District has been recovered. Mvomero District commissioner Betty Mkwasa said the gun was recovered after police conducted a ...

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38 killed by storm in Tanzania
Business Standard
At least 38 people were killed and 60 others injured by a storm that lasted for 30 minutes in Kahama district in Tanzania's lake zone region of Shinyanga. Benson Mpyesa, Kahama district commissioner, on Wednesday said 35 people died on the spot while ...
Floods leave 38 dead in TanzaniaSBS
Tanzania floods kill at least 38, damage roadseuronews

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Seven killed in Tanzania rainfalls
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Seven people have been killed in two days of heavy rainfalls in Tanzania's business capital Dar es Salaam. “So far, seven people are confirmed dead, tens are feared drowned and over 3,000 are homeless,” Police Commissioner Suleiman Kova told Anadolu ...
Dar to host 2nd Tanzania- Israel investment forumDaily News
Heavy rains kill three people, leave thousands homeless in TanzaniaShanghai Daily (subscription)

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