NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Six people were charged Wednesday with trying to smuggle valuable African elephant ivory illegally into the United States.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Six people have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling African elephant ivory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities say.
WINDHOEK, Namibia, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The sale of tons of elephant ivory in Namibia this week has conservationists concerned it may trigger widespread poaching of elephants.
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Ongoing difficulties in a nationwide identification process in Ivory Coast are delaying elections in the country and possibly threatening recent security gains.
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Ex-combatants in the Ivory Coast are taking part in a new U.N. reintegration program designed to assist former militia members take on civilian roles.
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, July 31 (UPI) -- The last remaining military observation post along the line separating the north and south of Ivory Coast was dismantled Wednesday.
BEIJING, July 18 (UPI) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman rejected criticism of his government's fight against illegal ivory trade.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 16 (UPI) -- Despite strong objections from conservation groups, a United Nations agency has approved the sale of African elephant ivory to China.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 15 (UPI) -- A Geneva meeting on endangered species will decide whether to let China import elephant ivory but the issue has already raised alarm among animal rights groups.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 13 (UPI) -- China is seeking "approved buyer" status for an upcoming auction of ivory from African elephants, a move conservationists fear could doom the animals.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ivory Coast officials estimate it will take several months to disarm thousands of soldiers who fought in the country's 5-year-old civil war.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Officials from 73 countries Thursday agreed to step up controls on conflict diamonds from Africa's Ivory Coast, South Africa's Inter Press Service reported.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 21 (UPI) -- Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro Thursday proposed a high-profile weapons burning ceremony to cut violence in the north of his nation.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 14 (UPI) -- African countries have agreed during a meeting at The Hague in the Netherlands to temporarily allow the sale of legally acquired ivory.
LONDON, May 21 (UPI) -- A U.S.-based animal welfare group says the online auction site eBay isn't doing enough to aid international efforts to halt the illegal sale of poached ivory.
