“Sudan announced on Wednesday a Khartoum police swoop busting an illicit ivory trading ring, seizing more than 470 pieces and arresting an unspecified number of suspects.”- Yahoo! News Photos

“In Chad, Janjaweed militia from Sudan killed 100 elephants in one afternoon; in Kenya, Somali warlords armed with rocket-propelled grenades killed four wildlife rangers during a bloody raid on herds in the Tana Delta; in Democratic Republic of Congo, a whole host of rebel groups have turned the country’s dwindling elephant population into a new cash crop.” - Independent.co.uk

“60 Minutes is going to take you to one of the last places where enormous herds of elephants — hundreds of them — range free across the African savannah. It?s remote, on the border of Chad and Sudan, and violent — near Darfur, the scene of the civil war that became a genocide. ” - CBS News

“International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war.” - Khaleej Times Online

“A herd of 150 elephants has crossed from southern Sudan into Uganda, causing panic as the beasts camped in the villages near Otze-Dufile wildlife reserve in Moyo district.” - New Vision Online

“The Sudanese government on Wednesday refuted claims by a conservation group that poachers are killing elephants in thousands to supply tusks to Sudan’s booming ivory trade.” - Xinhua

“Researchers from the UK and Kenyan based wildlife conservation organization, charity Care for the Wild International (CFTWI) have released their findings of a recent regional ivory trade study in the Sudan. According to a report filed by researcher Dr. Esmond Martin, elephants are being slaughtered for their tusks by the thousands by poachers in the illegal ivory trade.” - Halifax Live

“Thousands of elephants are being killed in central Africa to supply an illegal ivory market in Sudan, a report says.” - BBC NEWS

“Poachers linked to the Sudanese SPLA rebels are killing elephants for ivory in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say national park authorities.” - BBC NEWS