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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC

A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an “extraordinary” event for the endangered primates. In January, Virunga national park announced that a female mountain gorilla called Mafuko had given birth to twins. Over the past 20 years, more than 220 rangers have been killed in the park, where rebel groups such as M23 and other militias, as well as bandits, operate with impunity.

Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell

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World news | The Guardian•Mar 19

Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell

Jihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo last year, even as global deaths from terrorism dropped to their lowest level in a decade, according to a new report. Nigeria recorded the largest increase in terrorism deaths globally in 2025, with fatalities rising by 46% from 513 in 2024 to 750, placing it fourth in the Global Terrorism Index, behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and Niger. The assault comes after multiple suicide bombings on Monday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, that killed at least 23 and left more than 100 wounded.

World•World news | The Guardian•Mar 11

French aid worker among three killed in dronestrike in east DRC, M23 rebels say

Three people including a French UN aid worker have been killed in a drone attack in Goma, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group has said. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, confirmed on X that a French aid worker for Unicef, the UN children’s agency, had been killed in the strike. ” A Unicef worker outside a home where a French humanitarian worker was killed in a drone strike.

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