Gorillas and the Myth

Like every other hack working in the gorilla-obsessed Africa journalism biz, I got in on the action after Congolese authorities arrested a senior national parks official on allegations that he may have been involved in a spate of gorilla killings last year.

Conservationists are saying this means that Congo is finally getting tough on the traders who are destroying Congo's forests to make charcoal. Upon reflection, I'm not so sure. Congo is so corrupt that any good deed ought to be viewed with skepticism. Another possibility is that he screwed with someone higher up the food chain.

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[William Deed]

Honore Mashagiro had a strong ally with the governor of Goma and has been untouchable because of this.

But then the governor was moved to Kinshasa and so Mashagiro lost his important contact with someone higher up in the food chain.