Efforts to boost elephant protection fails at Cites

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Attempts to give the maximum level of international protection to all African elephants have foundered at a key species conference in Johannesburg.

A proposal put forward by Kenya was strongly supported but failed to gain the two-thirds majority required.

The opposition of the EU, which voted as a block, was pivotal in the defeat.

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The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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