Kigali — Gorilla conservationists have been assured that the endangered gorillas in the Virunga National Park are safe after rebels loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda surrounded two ranger stations inside the park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, RNA reports.
The rebels on Monday invaded the two ranger patrol posts, looting them of their weapons, mobile phones and rations and forcing the rangers and their families to evacuate the national park.
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