Fans of two of Africa's top football nations have had their World Cup plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the ...

(Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP/AFP) At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened a UN wildlife summit on Monday with a call to lift the global ivory trade ban so that the country can sell $600 million of stockpiled tusks. Mnangagwa said ...

Research has shown that conservation campaigns could turn the tide on the illegal ivory trade if they focused less on themes ...

Although China's ban has tamped down interest somewhat, ivory carvings, jewellery and trinkets remain highly prized in Asia's largest economy. "Given the size of China, even lower levels of demand can ...