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London — Police are investigating a pepper spray assault at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 car park that disrupted travel and sent 21 people, including a 3-year-old girl, for medical treatment, authorities said. The Metropolitan Police said Monday the incident appears to have stemmed from a suitcase robbery involving people known to one another, revising an earlier account that described a fight following an argument. Commander Peter Stevens said detectives pieced together the sequence after reviewing CCTV footage and…

On Saturday, August 7, the female Mwinja gave birth to a male baby in the Kahuzi-Biega Natural Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is Mjinja's first baby with the male Nabirembo. The populations of lowland gorillas are revived in this region. On Saturday, August 7, Kahuzi-Biega Park in the Democratic Republic of…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Salonga National Park, the largest in the country, was withdrawn on 19 July with Unescode from the World Heritage List in Danger where it had been listed since 1984. This decision rewards efforts to preserve this park from 36,000 square kilometers, considered the largest reserve of tropical rainforest in Africa. Pastor Cosma Wilungula, Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation, is RFI's guest. .

A warlord suspected of murdering about 20 environmentalists in Virunga National Park has been arrested in northern Kivu, still under siege. Jackson Muhukambuto is also said to be an ivory poacher. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda MuzembeJackson Muhukambuto was arrested earlier this week on the outskirts of the town…

Military Justice conducts a survey among staff at the Congolese Institute for Conservation of Nature in North Kivu. Several agents from this institution have been arrested. The ICCN leadership calls for shedding light on this alleged trade in ammunition, which would have benefited the Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which are violent in the Beni region.…