Primate populations suffer as a result of Congolese warfare Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Apr 4, 2016 - Since the 1990s, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by a succession of bloody civil wars. The human cost, of course, has been tragic and tremendous. Some estimates put the death toll at upwards of 5 million. The violence has also had ecological consequences. New research suggests the nation's population of Grauer's gorillas has been decimated by the ongoing human conf ... more

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