Man accused of killing thousands of elephants bags 12 years in prison

Tanzania’s most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed ‘The Devil’, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. The suspect identified as Boniface Matthew Maliango was responsible for killing thousands of elephants, a conservation organisation said. He was arrested in Dar es Salaam in September 2015, alongside his brothers, Lucas Mathayo Maliango and Abdallah Ally Chaoga. The three were