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Bonobos at Lola

As renegade Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) general, Laurent Nkunda, wages a personal war in the east of the country, somewhere in the outskirts of Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, a small group of dedicated conservationists go about their business rehabilitating orphaned bonobos (sometimes called pygmy chimpanzees). This small team is stationed at a sanctuary called Lola ya Bonobo (which means "paradise for bonobos" in Lingala, the main language of Kinshasa) and in recent days, they have been bracing themselves for an increase in the number of bonobo orphans being brought to them to take care of.

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