This just came in from www.gorilla.cd/blog- the people on the frontlines:
Fighting in DR Congo's Gorilla Park started at 0400 today local time between the rebels of Laurent Nkunda and the army. It has now totally engulfed the Headquarters of Virunga National Park and the Gorilla Sector and our Rangers have been forced to flee into the forests for their lives. The rebels now are the only occupants of the Park Headquarters at Rumangabo. This has never, ever happened before.
This is a serious time. We need to get our 50+ Rangers back to safety in Goma, 45km south of Rumangabo. The main road is blocked because of the fighting so they are walking through the forests of the park south, to Kibumba, about 20km away, where we aim to pick them up in trucks. We are trying to maintain phone contact but they don’t have much battery life in their phones.
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