On the frontline of Africa’s wildlife wars

Across central Africa, militias have turned the savannah into killing fields

Brigadier Venant Mumbere Muvesevese, a 35-year-old father of four, became the 150th ranger in the last 10 years to be killed protecting lowland gorillas, elephants and other wildlife in Virunga national park last month. He and his young Congolese colleague, Fidile Mulonga Mulegalega, were surrounded by local militia, captured and then summarily executed.

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