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Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into possible collusion between the country’s wildlife agency and two Chinese diplomats in the trafficking of ivory. Poaching has risen sharply in recent years across Africa, fuelled by rising demand in Asia for ivory and rhino horn, …

Women parliamentarians across Africa have called for increased vigilance by all governments to curb the trafficking of women and children on the continent. The legislators under the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) in a resolution stated that human trafficking affects more than two million people …