Madagascar seizes Tanzanian ship with protected rosewood

AFP
Madagascar seizes Tanzanian ship with protected rosewood
AFP
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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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Feb

Madagascar seizes Tanzanian vessel with contraband logs

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.

 

11 years ago

BBC

In search of Madagascar's 'rosewood mafia'

The illegal trade in one of Madagascar's rarest trees

 

11 years ago

BBC

Senegal seizes Russian fishing ship

Senegal seizes a Russian vessel and detains more than 80 sailors after accusing them of fishing illegally in its waters.

 

11 years ago

The Punch

05 Feb

Tanzanian authorities intercept ship carrying 200 kg heroin

IANS
Tanzanian authorities intercept ship carrying 200 kg heroin
The Punch
Tanzanian anti-narcotics authorities have intercepted an Iranian vessel carrying 201 kg of heroin worth about $5million and arrested eight Iranians and four Pakistanis in connection with the haul, police said on Wednesday. The Head of Tanzania's anti-drugs ...
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12 held over massive drug haulDaily...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Kenya confiscates illegal rosewood

Kenya has impounded illegally logged rosewood worth about $6.6m, officials say, in one of the largest seizures of its kind.

 

5 years ago

BBC

10 Mar

The million-dollar trade in trafficked rosewood trees

For a year BBC Africa Eye has been investigating the million-dollar trade in trafficked rosewood.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

21 Aug

Albinos must be protected at any cost

Albinos must be protected at any cost
Daily News
FOR all the weird myths about persons with a skin disorder, erstwhile known as albinos, some bordering on the bizarre that they don't die, any person in his or her right frame of mind will understand that it's all just a pack of lies. Persons living with albinism are ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 May

MP wants Bagamoyo heritage protected

Special Seats MP Maryam Msabaha (Chadema) has raised the alarm over the destruction of historical buildings that are being replaced by modern ones in Bagamoyo District.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Jun

Nyerere’s legacy must be protected, says Kalokola

Musa Kalokola from Tanga joined the race to presidency saying his first agenda would be conserving ideology of the first President of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

 

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