East Africa’s ivory smuggled out of Mozambican ports
Modus operandi of ivory smuggling networks exposed after recent arrest of a 'mastermind' in the illicit trade from Pemba to China. Estacio Valoi investigates...
07 November, 2017
Quirimbas Tag
Will the Maputo ivory burn make any difference?
Mozambique incinerated 2.5 tons of confiscated ivory and rhino horn this week, but will it end the illicit trade fuelling rampant wildlife poaching? Not unless corruption on the ground is...
10 July, 2015
The butchery of elephants in northern Mozambique
Oxpeckers associate Estacios Valoi reports that at least five elephants were killed in 48 hours in just one reserve in northern Mozambique. He photographed local villagers cutting meat off the...
09 October, 2014
Official complicity in Mozambican elephant slaughter
Elephant poaching is happening on 'an industrial scale' in northern Mozambique. A year-long investigation by Estacio Valoi exposes official complicity in the slaughter...
26 September, 2014