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Uhuru burns 15 tonnes of ivory in war on poachers

Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday set ablaze 15 tonnes of elephant tusks in what he described a move to fight against ivory trade.

Uhuru torched the tusks and promised to clear the remaining stockpile within the year.

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