Kenya confiscates illegal rosewood

Kenya sends back 82 Somalis to Somalia after launching a massive security force operation to flush out illegal immigrants and militant Islamists.

The investigation against an India national (name withheld), who was arrested attempting to smuggle tanzanite gemstones worth Sh2.5 billion through the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) has taken a new twist after he accused a famous firm of selling him the precious stones.

In 2013, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, and WWF—the leading organisation in wildlife conservation and endangered species—carried out a rapid assessment on the Tanzania and Mozambique border to establish the extent of illegal cross-border timber trade.

The illegal trade in one of Madagascar's rarest trees

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Madagascar seizes Tanzanian ship with protected rosewood
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Antananarivo — Madagascar authorities have seized a stricken Tanzanian vessel laden with thousands of logs of the rare and precious red ruby coloured rosewood, police said Wednesday. The vessel carrying 2,135 logs of the prized wood was found ...
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For a year BBC Africa Eye has been investigating the million-dollar trade in trafficked rosewood.