The lives of six guards and their driver were taken Monday during an attack on the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation in the Virunga Park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – drawing condemnation from the UN agency.
UNESCO condemns killing of rangers protecting mountain gorillas at renowned DR Congo wildlife park
- 11 April 2018
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