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…
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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,…
China trade in donkey hides devastates communities
Describing the scale of the animal abuse in Chinese trade in donkey hides and its devastating impact for local communities in developing countries, especially in Africa, the Members of the European Parliament called for an urgency of action to protect the equidae as an indefensible contributor to harmonious rural lifestyle. During the European Parliament Strasbourg…
CAR arrests suspected murderers of Chinese workers
A number of suspects have now been arrested in the Central African Republic after three Chinese nationals were murdered last week by an angry mob. The murders reportedly occurred after a boat capsized on a river near the town of Sosso-Nakombo. The boat was carrying four Chinese employees of a mining company and a local youth…
Sibuya: lions ‘execute’ rhino poachers
A ranger with guests at the Sibuya Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape on a safari drive on Tuesday afternoon discovered human remains close to a pride of lions. Who needs a guard dog when you have big cats? Pride of lions eat axe-wielding poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos on the Sibuya Game…
Petition to Zuckerberg to ban ivory trade on Facebook
As many other goods ivory trade moved online, and in many cases it is sold via Facebook. The animal defenders have launched a petition addressed to the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban ivory trade from social media. French environmental police seized 500 kgs of #ivory in Nice, France on Wednesday. (Photo: VCG) pic.twitter.com/DPOFLKidCU — China…
MEPs demand to stop ivory trade
Despite the international ban on ivory trade imposed by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in 1989, global demand for ivory is fueling elephant poaching. Any legal domestic and international market for ivory stimulates the demand and allows the laundering of illegal ivory. While the EU has been a leader…
Kenya opens Mombasa-Nairobi railway
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has inaugurated a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi. Kenya is now betting on a new Chinese-built route to cement its position as the gateway to East Africa. pic.twitter.com/tZiMhUaJfR — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 31, 2017 President Uhuru Kenyatta said during the launch…
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