Court lifts SA rhino horn trade ban

A North Korean diplomat has been expelled from South Africa for illegal rhino horn trading, officials in Pretoria say.

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Tanzania court jails four Chinese men for rhino horn smuggling
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has sentenced four Chinese men to 20 years in jail each after they were convicted of smuggling rhino horns, part of a crackdown in sub-Saharan Africa on lucrative illegal poaching of protected wildlife. The East ...
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The High Court yesterday lifted an indefinite ban on a Kiswahili investigative newspaper, MwanaHalisi.

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 ...

A Kenyan police officer and two other suspects appear in court, after they were allegedly found with 600kg of rhino horn.

Two Vietnamese nationals in South Africa have been charged with the illegal possession of 41kg (90lbs) of rhino horn, police tell the BBC.

Shopping for illegal African rhino horn with a hidden camera

Robbers in South Africa steal rhino horn from the offices of a provincial parks agency, in what may be the country's biggest such theft to date.

A British team has developed a system to help protect wild rhinos, which could be extinct within the next ten years, because they are hunted by poachers for their lucrative ivory tusks.