Tanzania seizes ivory at port

Customs officials in Thailand say they have made the biggest seizure of smuggled ivory in the country's history, as Jonathan Head reports.

>Ugandan wildlife officers have seized a huge haul of elephant ivory and pangolin scales, representing the deaths of hundreds of endangered animals, police said yesterday.

Mozambique seizes Tanzania-bound truck load of precious stones
StarAfrica.com
The Mozambican police in the northern province of Cabo Delgado have seized a truck carrying a container filled with 15 semi-precious stones that were being smuggled to Tanzania, the local media reported on Wednesday.A report in the Maputo independent ...

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
Wildlife...

Tanzania has begun building what it says will be the biggest port in East Africa, in the coastal tourist resort of Bagamoyo.

World Bank partners Tanzania on port improvement project
CNBCAfrica.com
The World Bank Group is partnering with the government of Tanzania on the country's port improvement project. World Bank partners Tanzania on port improvement project. PHOTOS: mpoverello/africagreenmedia. The cooperation will be delivered through ...
Tanzania in Big Coalition Against PoachingEast African Business Week

all 2

IPPmedia
Tanzania: Eight Disappear in New Sh48 Billion Port Tax Fraud
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — A new tax audit at several Inland Container Depots (ICDs) has revealed that at least 11,884 containers and 2,019 vehicles were cleared from the Dar es Salaam Port without their due taxes being collected. This scam denied the government ...
More rot exposed at Dar portDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

all 3

Hindustan Times
Tanzania: Dar Port Cargo Traffic Grows At 14 Per Cent
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Dar Es Salaam port's annual cargo traffic growth now stands at 14, the Acting Director General of the Tanzania Ports Authority, Mr Awadhi Massawe, says. He told editors of Tanzania media houses on a familiarisation tour of the Dar es Salaam Port that major ...
Tanzania current account deficit narrows 23 pct in year to April: central bankReuters Africa
Tanzania's female politicians trained to...

CHARITY: John Port School coffee morning to support 'Kids Aid Tanzania'
Burton Mail
John Port School, in Etwall, is inviting people to a morning of festive cheer on Friday, December 19, from 10am to 12.30pm. A variety of pupils from the school will provide entertainment for visitors, and all proceeds will go to the Kids Aid Tanzania charity, ...