In 2012 a militia murdered two rangers, other officials, and 14 animals at the Okapi Conservation Center. This year brought an important update.

On December 10, the DRC celebrated the creation of Lomami National Park, the eighth of its kind ... rare species endemic to the DRC, such as the okapi, the bonobo and the Congo peacock.

The photos were taken by cameras set up in the Virunga National Park by the zoological society and conservationists in Congo after okapi tracks were spotted there a few years ago. The animal's ...