Brussels 25.01.2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Eswatini, TASS news agency reported. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Eswatini, according to a our reporter:https://t.co/E59qY1Y613 pic.twitter.com/i5MygbEldG — TASS (@tassagency_en) January 23, 2023 Russia’s top diplomat flew to Mbabane from South Africa where he started his African tour. The Kingdom of Eswatini,…
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SA: wine exports increase
Over the past three months, exports of South African wine to China jumped 50%, according to the Wines of South Africa trade body, and hopes are high for even more sales once Australian stocks are polished off during China’s Lunar New Year holiday. Over the past three months, exports of South African wine to China…
Zimbabwe bans mining in game reserves
Zimbabwe has banned mining in countriy’s national parks, reversing a decision to let Chinese firms explore for coal at its famous Hwange game park. Zimbabwe bans coal mining in Hwange and other game parks https://t.co/Adm1v3OSgl — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 9, 2020 The move came after campaigners took the government to court to prevent…
Taiwan-Somaliland diplomatic ties
Taiwan and the African region of Somaliland, which claims independence, will establish representative offices in each other’s capitals, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on July 8. Till present Taiwan has formal diplomatic ties with 15 countries because of pressure from the Communist China, which considers the island to be an integral part of its territory…
Wildlife trafficking to China
Under the guise of legal exports, South African traders with China are illegally selling thousands of wild animals threatened with extinction and endangered, according to an investigation. #Wildlife trade between #SouthAfrica and #China exposed – legal and illegal – via @africageo | https://t.co/77yAwXvxap — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) May 22, 2020 Apes have been stolen…
Tanzania ports exploited by traffickers
The vulnerabilities in maritime transportation and customs are being exploited by criminal traffickers in African sea ports. Container shipping facilitates the movement of wildlife goods, and maritime companies and their assets, wittingly or unwittingly complicit in wildlife trafficking, face legal, financial and reputation risks, according tot the Maritime Executive. Wildlife Trafficking in Africa Poses Risk…
Tanzania elephant & rhino populations recover
Tanzania presidency reported elephant and rhino populations have begun to recover after a government crackdown dismantled organized criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching and transporting the ivory to China. A influential Chinese businesswoman running a poaching network on industrial scale, dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court…
UN Security Council devided over Congo
The United Nations Security Council is divided over the attitude toward Democratic Republic of Congo presidential elections, according to an leaked internal report quoted by Reuters. UN Security Council is split on how to react to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's problematic election process pic.twitter.com/Z1K5EoT9zd — TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) January 5, 2019 “Tensions…
Two dead in terrorist attack in Egypt
According to the information of the Interior ministry two people died instantly, and 12 others were wounded in touristic bus explosion in Egypt. Among victims tourists from Vietnam and China. The incident took place next to a popular site of Great Pyramids of Giza. BREAKING: Roadside explosion hits bus near pyramids in #Cairo #Egypt, reportedly…
Mozambique ivory seized in Cambodia
Cambodian customs have seized more than three tons of elephant tusks from Mozambique following a notice from the US Embassy. The demand for ivory from China and Vietnam is a driving factor in Cambodia’s illegal wildlife trade. Cambodia: Customs seize 1,026 #elephant tusks, weighing over 3.2 tonnes, hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique,…