(Posted 19th February 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Africa Defence Forum (Germany), February 17, 2026 |
| At 32 years old, Claude Hakorimana has witnessed firsthand how his native Rwanda has become one of the continent’s success stories in clamping down on poaching and wildlife trafficking. At 14, he began hunting buffalo, wild boar and zebra from a community bordering Volcanoes National Park. Poaching was how his family and many others survived. |
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