Nord Kivu is one of the region in DRC that there is not peace at all. As every body knows, there is a bloody war now between Nkunda’s troops and FARDC. This is happening just within Virunga Park where the last mountain gorillas live.
These animals’ guardians were disarmed by Nkunda’s men and they thought that it is safe for them to leave the place due to the situation. The villagers organized themselves to protect these abandoned animals.
When these villagers realized that Nkunda troops wanted to enroll them by force in their troops, they ran away too and these poor gorillas are abandoned. We don’t know if animals have run away to Rwanda or if they were slaughtered because they are exactly in the battle area.
This province will face economic problem because no tourist will be visiting this area until the war stops.
