Congo Rangers

Category: Thoughts | Date: Nov 29 2006 | By: admin

 

 

Nyamulagira erupted on Monday 27th at approximately 1930.  Ever since, lava from the 1km long fissure has been moving down the western side of the volcano towards Sake, a small town 25km west of Goma on the edge of the Virunga National Park and the scene of recent clashes between the dissident Gerneal Laurant Nkunda and the UN Peacekeeping Forces.  Earlier on Monday morning Nkunda and his troops attacked the UN who had set up cordons between Sake and Goma.  By midday, the UN had managed to push them into a retreat. 

Nkunda and his men are one of several rebel groups who have been occupying the park over recent months, cutting down the forest and poaching the wildlife.  Efforts by the Congolese military to push them out have been fruitless.  Well, it seems as if the park has finally had enough and through the use of one of its two active volcanos, has decided to give the UN a helping hand.  DRC’s very own resource protection strategy!