Thirteen park rangers and drivers have been killed in an ambush attack at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo Those killed ranged in ages between 23 and 40, according to updated totals from the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature, while another four civilians died. The…
The United Nations mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed for “calm and responsibility” in the city of Beni, where protesters attacked its facilities after eight people died Sunday night in yet another armed rebel attack on civilians. Leila Zerrougui, the head of the UN’s MONUSCO mission, said she…
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced Monday the deaths of five park rangers and a staff driver killed during an ambush in the park’s central sector. “A sixth ranger was also wounded,” the park said in its statement, adding that additional information will be released as…
More than two dozen people held by an armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo since March 3 were released on Friday, following successful negotiations supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The group of 27 people was on assignment at Kahuzi-Biega National Park with the…