Nairobi, March 17, 2026 (AFP) - Two men in Kenyan court for ant-smuggling

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Two men appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of ants to China, a lucrative trade exposed last year in the east African country. Chinese national Zhang Kequn was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last week with more than 2,200 ants, including 1,948 of the sought-after Messor cephalotes species, in his luggage. The insects are considered aphrodisiacs, delicacies and pets, said d......

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