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Ivanishvili’s Trees

Ivanishvili’s Trees

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An uprooted baobab tree in Kenya being exported to Georgia. November, 2022. Image: Kevin Odit / Nation Media Group.
Bidzina Ivanishvili

Ivanishvili-linked dendrological park blasts opposition over death of Kenyan baobab trees

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All eight baobab trees imported from Kenya to the Ivanishvili-founded Shekvetili Dendrological Park have died, with the park blaming the opposition United National Movement (UNM). In a sharply-worded statement on Friday, the park rebuked what it called ‘ambushing politicos’ and ‘so-called non-governmental organisations’ for raising the alarm over Ivanishvili’s apparent quest to acquire baobab trees from Kenya’s Kilifi region. This turned the issue into an ‘ideological battleground on African c

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