Ugandan elephant poacher jailed for life
A Ugandan court has handed a life sentence to a man caught with nearly 10 kg of elephant ivory, the country's highest punishment ever for wildlife violations, authorities said. Pascal Achiba was sentenced by the country's Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court on Thursday after being convicted for unlawful possession of protected species, the state-run Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said in a statement. Achiba was arrested in January in a suburb of the capital Kampala alongside two pieces of ivory weighing 9.55 kg. UWA head Sam Mwandha called the sentence "a landmark achievement in the fight against illegal wildlife trade". Poaching…
