For a century, Virunga has been a sanctuary for one of the world’s most remarkable mountain gorilla populations, with decades of monitoring showing how their social structures change over time, in the North-Kivu province in the Eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ).
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This year, Virunga’s trackers observed a major development: the Kabirizi family split.

Masibo, Kabirizi’s son, formed a new family, bringing the total number of mountain gorilla families in the Park to 11.⁠
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Wrote : the Facebook page of the National Park of Virunga

John Etumba, Wildlife-journalist and Freelance video-reporter at RFE1-NEWS
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