China in temporary ivory import ban

Tanzania officials in Dallas say lifting ivory import ban would actually help ...
Dallas Morning News
Officials from Tanzania visited Dallas on Thursday to discuss the country's issues with poaching, including the U.S. ban on imported ivory. Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania's minister of natural resources and tourism, and several other officials met with ...

Ivory Coast bans all passenger flights from three countries hit by Ebola in an attempt to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

Stakeholders in the wildlife industry have expressed concern over what they described as Tanzania’s authorities’ silence at a meeting held in Cotonou, Benin, that resolved to ban the elephant trade.

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Kikwete urges total ban on ivory trade
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has appealed to the international community to extend a helping hand in stopping the trade of ivory and rhino horn in the world in order to protect the wild animals from extinction. “If this (international assistance) is done, elephants ...
Tanzania's Blood Ivory: “This is madness now”CNN (blog)
Tourism asset protection Tanzanian President bans the sale of ivory stockpileeTurboNews
Tanzania president says...

Tanzania calls for int'l ban on ivory, rhino trade
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Tanzania is calling for an international ban on trading in ivory products in hopes of protecting its endangered species – including rhinos and elephants – from poachers. "Without putting an end to international trade in these products, the war against poaching ...

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Govt seeks global ban of ivory trade, refutes claims it is not doing enough
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Claims that Tanzania has failed to fight against poaching on account that it has never managed to arrest any poachers in the country and at least all Tanzania's trophies seized were seized outside the country have been refuted strongly by the government.
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Dar dismisses British paper elephant poaching claimsDaily News
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China publicly destroys 6.1 tonnes of confiscated ivory in a move to discourage the illegal ivory trade, which conservationists say fuels poaching in Africa.

Officials travelling with Chinese President Xi Jinping to Tanzania went on a "buying spree" for illegal ivory, an environmental activist group says.

A ban at a Guangzhou branch of the fast-food chain came amid rumours Africans were spreading coronavirus.