Overview
- Virunga National Park confirmed the birth of two male twins to Mafuko, with both infants appearing healthy at the time they were observed.
- Community trackers discovered the newborns on Jan. 3 in the Bageni family during routine monitoring.
- The births raise the Bageni family to 59 individuals, the largest gorilla group in the park.
- Mafuko, 22, has now had seven offspring and previously lost a set of twins a week after birth in 2016.
- Mountain gorillas number roughly 1,000 across the DRC, Uganda and Rwanda, while parts of Virunga face rebel control and forest loss that complicate conservation.