A baby gorilla born in Virunga National Park in 2015 (illustration).

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Luanne Cadd Virunga National Park

Two gorillas were born in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday.

It is a team of eco-guards who discovered the binoculars in the park, a threatened natural and tourist gem of the country.

The mother has already given birth to eight other gorillas, "all alive," said the park in a statement.

Since the beginning of 2020, 12 births in different gorilla families have taken place in total.

Congratulations to GATO from the NYAKAMWE family for a big surprise to make us twins, in the Mikeno Parc des Virunga sector


C surprise does not happen every time, long live Nature 🦍 pic.twitter.com/5sdFXn8xh9

- Shamavu Mathieu @ gorilla Activist (@MunguikoShamavu) September 22, 2020

A species threatened, among other things, by poaching

These births came when the gorillas of PNVi, an endangered species, are "still in danger" because of a security situation "generally unpredictable", according to the communications officer of the Virunga park.

“To this, we must add poaching.

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A gorilla from the Nyakamwe family holds her newborn twin babies at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

More photos of the day: https://t.co/YytxmDpcjx đź“· Virunga National Park pic.twitter.com/ma84lujfpR

- Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) September 23, 2020

The oldest nature reserve in Africa, inaugurated in 1925, the Virunga Park is a sanctuary for mountain gorillas.

Located on the border with Rwanda and Uganda, it covers 7,800 km².

The great apes are one of its tourist attractions.

But the park is also the field of action of dozens of active armed groups, which engage in all kinds of trafficking.

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