Rwanda: The Noble Task of Naming a Mountain Gorilla

Every year, Rwanda names its baby gorillas at the Kwita Izina ceremony, held at the base of the Volcanoes National Park where the endangered mountain gorillas live.

Volcanoes is part of the Virunga range of mountains that also covers parts of the DR Congo and Uganda.

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