Bail for suspected head of ivory gang sparks protests

The defence in the ivory smuggling case facing a Chinese woman dubbed “The Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two Tanzanians has filed an application for bail at the High Court.

Neha Bhatnagar reports from a demonstration in Nairobi, as protests are held in over a hundred cities across the world calling for an end to the trade of ivory and rhino horns.

The Guardian
Interpol: Kenyan Suspected Ivory Smuggler Arrested
ABC News
Kenyan police have arrested an alleged ivory trafficker, who had been on the run for months, the international police agency said Tuesday. Feisal Ali was arrested at a rental house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Monday evening, said the head of Interpol in ...
Interpol: man wanted for ivory smuggling caught in TanzaniaChron.com

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Salon
Nairobi to charge suspected Chinese ivory smuggler
Africa Science News Service
A suspected Chinese ivory smuggler is expected to be arraigned in a Makadara Law Courts, Nairobi, Kenya this morning. Tang Yong Jian, 40, was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while on transit from Napula, Mozambique to ...
40-year-old Chinese man arrested at JKIA with ivory disguised as cupsThe Standard Digital News
Conservationists to Hong Kong: “Ivory is not art”Salon
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A huge haul of elephant ivory seized in Uganda probably includes tusks stolen from government strongrooms last year, wildlife officials said Tuesday.

Mwanza’s volleyball big guns, Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Club, have expressed desire to regain their dominance over their rivals, Baptist Club, when the two sides meet in a friendly match at the former’s venue tomorrow.

Champions League-winning coaches Kheireddine Madoui and Diego Garzitto meet when Entente Setif and Al Merrikh play this weekend.

NBA Players Go Head-to-Head in First-Ever “NBA 2K Players Tournament” on ESPN and ESPN2  Africanews EnglishView Full coverage on Google News

Zegabi
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' to Fight Ivory Smuggling Charges in Tanzania
Zegabi
8979794_G A 66-year-old Chinese woman who was arrested by a specialized wildlife task force in Tanzania last week will fight charges that she masterminded a multinational crime syndicate involved in smuggling over 700 tusks to Asia. On Monday, Yang ...
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' innocent, will fight Tanzanian charges- lawyerReuters Africa
Chinese 'Queen of Ivory' Arrested in TanzaniaEnvironment News Service
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