In a bid to ensure maximum protection for wildlife from poachers, Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court on Tuesday sentenced Jafali Gunde, 41, to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for being found in possession of two bones of an African elephant without permission. According to Central Region Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Nolliettie Chihana […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody three men at Kanengo Police Station following their arrest after being found in possession of Ivory illegal on Monday this week. According to Kanengo Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Laban Makalani, the three were arrested by Wildlife Crime Investigators at Kanengo Industrial Site following a tip from […]
Chitipa Magistrate Court Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to four years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for being found in possession of ivory of an African elephant. The court heard that Reverend Kanyimbo was arrested on August 23 in a rest house at Nthalire Trading Centre in the district following a tip from game rangers […]
Police in Malawi’s administrative capital have arrested two people after they were separately found with four elephant tusks and three pieces of ivory teeth. The suspects have been identified as Bazillio Chipata, 31, and 44 year-old Petulo Chisale and they are still in Police custody. Accoridng to police, Chisale hails from Chikolwe village, Traditional Authority (T/A) […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji have arrested a 26 year old Zambian national for illegal importation of raw specimen of ivory. The suspect, Nelson Goma was recently arrested along Mkanda – Mchinji Road after he was found in possession of nine pieces of ivory weighing about 27kg. Mchinji Police public relations officer Kaitano Lubrino said police […]
Ivory and rhino horns recently seized at Suvarnabhumi airport in Thailand were not from Malawi, the director in the Department of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa has said. Recently, Thailand authorities confiscated more than 300kg of elephant tusks which were reported to be from Malawi at Suvarnabhumi airport and arrested arrested a Gambian national on […]
A Chinese man, who attempted to smuggle ivory to China through Ethiopian Airways., has been arrested at the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe. Nan Zhuang, a 31-year-old Chinese national was intercepted at the airport allegedly being in possession of ivory weighing 114 grammes and valued at MK159, 000. KIA police spokesperson, Sgt. Sapulain Chitonde, said […]
Officials from the Department of Parks and Wildlife are patting themselves on the back for arresting over 200 poachers in 2016, up from 90 in the previous year. The director of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa therefore described 2016 as a great year in as far as the conservation effort of wildlife was concerned. “Coupled […]
Wildlife crime history was set in Malawi today with not one but two unprecedented court rulings – the first ever conviction of an individual dealing in rhino horn and, in a separate case, the first ever policemen to be convicted for wildlife trafficking. Vwi Given Haiwa, a 35 year old businessman from Ntaja village in […]
Thousands took part in the Global March for Elephants & Rhinos in 140 cities this weekend to call upon their governments to ban trade in ivory. The marches were timed to coincide with the 17th Conference of Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), currently underway in South Africa, where […]
Three Zambians, including an army captain from the Zambian Defence Force, were each sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in Malawi Friday after they were convicted of wildlife trafficking. The three, Captain Sandu Kalimbo, 44 from Sanjangu, John Sakala, 30, from Kanjala, and Ronald Mawale, 44, from Mtete were arrested on September 2, 2016 in […]
With African elephant numbers down by an estimated 30% since 2007 due to poaching, nations urged decisive action this weekend with support for a motion to close all domestic ivory markets around the world. The move came at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Congress held in Hawaii, US, and was backed by […]
Africa Parks has sharply criticised government decision not to destroy four tons of ivory, saying this will work against the spirit of poaching. The Africa Parks country director Patricio Ndadzera said this in response to the decision by the government to spare the four tons of ivory confisticated from poachers. Director of Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa […]
Government has said it will not set ablaze the four tonnes of ivory it confiscated from poachers, five months after President Peter Mutharika wanted to put the pieces on fire. Director of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa said the ivory could be used for education and cultural purposes. He, however, could not say where the […]
Three police officers are being held at Lilongwe police for being found with 30 pieces of ivory. Police deputy spokesperson at police headquarters in Lilongwe, Tomeck Nyaude confirmed the arrest of Reubin Kaunda, Nelson Mpinganjira and another police officer after they were found with the ivory. “Police officers are trained to fight crime not to […]
Malawi Police in Machinga have arrested three people over illegal possession of ivory after their houses were raided by the law enforcers who had earlier posed as potential buyers. Machinga Police spokesperson Davie Sulumba said the 49 kilograms of ivory is estimated at K36 million but the suspects were selling them at K220,000. “The suspects […]
United States (US) deputy chief of mission in Malawi Michael Gonzales has wrapped up his tour of duty in Lilongwe after the end of his three-year diplomatic term but his embassy said he “was not arrested” on departure as reported only confirming his luggage was detained . Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe […]
Malawi Police at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe on Thursday arrested the deputy ambassador to Malawi for allegedly being found in possession of a piece of ivory. Airport police confirmed the arrest Michael Gonzalez. “He was indeed arrested after he was found with the piece of ivory but he was released shortly,” said a police […]