The Okapi Reserve

Category: Epulu, Okapi | Date: May 02 2007 | By: admin

Faida, Karu’s mother, was pregnant during the worst war battle Epulu ever experienced in 2002 since the unrest started in Congo in 1996.

When Karu was born on the 24th April 2003 it was for all the population in Epulu a special event and our people decided that it had to be announced on the local radio in Beni in North Kivu. People look at Karu as a symbol of peace because he was born right after the war ended in the Ituri region. He is very important to all of us here in Epulu, and his name was given in memory of Karl Ruf.

Rosie

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