Violence shuts Africa's Virunga gorilla park till 2019
A Virunga National Park ranger from the Congolese Wildlife Authority stands at an observation post at Rumangabo at the edge of the Virunga Park in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 17, 2012. AFP PHOTO | PHIL MOORE
Kidnappings and murder have forced the famed Virunga wildlife park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to close for visitors until 2019, the authorities said Monday.
Africa's oldest national park, famed for its population of mountain gorillas, has been plagued by the wave of violence that has been wracking eastern DR Congo for years.
