Ivory Archives

Man arrested for illegal possession of ivory

Jun 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody Oscar Moses Banda aged 70 for illegal possession of ivory. Kasungu Police Deputy spokesperson Sergeant Miracle Mkozi Publicist Police detectives received information that Banda was selling Ivory. Mkozi… ...

Man in police custody over ivory

Apr 30, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a 38-year-old man for being found in possession eight pieces of ivory. The suspect has been identified as Saidi Phiri. According to Kasungu Police Station Publicist Inspector Harry… ...

Four nabbed over ivory

Sep 19, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police at Liwonde in Machinga have arrested four people for being found with three pieces of ivory. The suspects have been identified as Vincent Mwathaya aged 38, Ibrahim Daudi Nyenjje, 40, Ayami Wiales Meya, 37… ...

Thailand seizes Malawian ivory

Mar 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Thailand on Tuesday seized more than 300 kilogrammes of ivory originating from Malawi which was discovered on two Ethiopian Airline flights from Addis Ababa to Thailand’s capital Bangkok. According to the Bangkok Post Online Newspaper,… ...

US govt applauds Malawi for burning Ivory

Mar 15, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 269 &

The US Government has congratulated the Malawi government for destroying about 2.6 tons of ivory on Monday. In a message on Facebook, the United States (US) said the K5 billion bonfire has sent a clear… ...

Malawi makes another u-turn on ivory

Mar 14, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 94 &

Malawi government has destroyed a stockpile of ivory worthy K5 billion after succumbing to pressure from international organisations. We earlier reported that government was planning to sell the ivory to China following a suggestion by Minister of Natural Resources Bright… ...

Police arrest Nigerian drug dealer

Feb 15, 2016 Luke Bisani 49 &

Police in the commercial city of Blantyre have arrested a Nigerian national for being found with cocaine. The suspect, 47 year-old Prince Chukwudi, was arrested last week at Chileka Airport when he had just jetted… ...