Here's a different kind of coup.
London-based Africa Conservation Fund reports that rebels in Eastern Congo have agreed to stop killing mountain gorillas and permit government rangers to recommence patrols.
While Virunga's senior park warden, Paul Ngobobo, called the agreement one small step and urged continued international pressure to prevent killings from occurring again in the future, this turn of events is certainly a win for diplomacy and offers some hope of survival for the nearly 400 hundred gorillas living in the area.
Labels: endangered species, primates, wildlife
