(Posted 08th May 20260
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Inside KE (Kenya), April 27, 2026 |
| When Kenyan authorities announced the arrest of two men carrying more than 110 kilograms of elephant ivory in the border town of Namanga in late January 2026, the headlines projected the familiar image of a state on the front foot against wildlife trafficking. Police and KWS officers, working alongside the Lusaka Agreement Task Force, had intercepted the suspects at a hotel during a covert sting. Twenty elephant tusks were recovered from a vehicle. The seizure was valued at 11 million Kenya shillings. |
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