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Archive for December, 2007

Too Close for Comfort: The Congo War and the Ebola Virus

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

View of Lake Kivu just north of Goma, DRC, site of recent rebel fighting.
Last week, the Congolese government launched attacks on the rebels hiding out near Goma and the DRC side of the Virungas park. Lawlessness in this region led earlier to the outright killing of at least a dozen mountain gorillas. […]