Birth of rare mountain gorilla twins recorded in Congo park
Mafuko, a female mountain gorilla from the Bageni family holds her newly born twins at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in this undated handout picture released January 7, 2026.
A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies.
The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3 and the twins “appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation”, Virunga National Park said in a statement.
