ʻO Mt. Nyamarugira, kekahi o nā lua pele ikaika loa ma ka hikina o Congo, ua hū ʻia i ka hopena pule i hala a ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻopuka ana i nā ao lehu a me ka uahi i ka lewa ma luna o nā mauna Virunga, ʻokoʻa nā kahe pele e ʻā ana i nā wahi o nā ululāʻau. ma kona mau pali. ʻO nā holoholona hihiu o ia wahi, me nā chimpanzees, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e holo ana mai kahi i ʻike ʻia a ke nānā nei nā mākaʻi paka a me nā kahu kiaʻi i ke ala o ka kahe pele.
Aia ka lua pele ma kahi o 20+ mau kilomita mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Goma, ʻo ia ka mea i make i ka pele i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i kanu ʻia ai kekahi hapa o ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kahua mokulele ma lalo o kahi kahe pele. ʻAʻohe pilikia koke i hōʻike ʻia no Goma, akā aia ma laila, ke nānā pono ʻia nei nā hanana e ʻae i ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kaona, inā e piʻi ka pele.
ʻO ka pūʻali MONUC o ka UN, e like me kahi kumu hilinaʻi ma Goma, ua hoʻolako i nā helikopa no nā huakaʻi maʻamau e nānā a puni ka mauna, aia ma luna o 3,000 mika kiʻekiʻe a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka mauna Virunga. Ua noi ʻia kēia kolamu e nā kumu ʻē aʻe mai Goma e hōʻike mai ʻaʻohe mau gorila mauna i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka pele, no ka mea, ua mamao loa ko lākou wahi noho mai ka lua pele.
I kēia manawa, ua pane pū nā kumu mai Rwanda a me Uganda i ka pele a hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe malihini i nā wahi palena no ka gorilla a me ka nānā ʻana i nā primate, ʻaʻohe pilikia i kēlā mau paka ma Rwanda a me Uganda no ka mea aia ʻo Mt. Nyamarugira i loko o ka ʻāina ʻo Congo. ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kamaʻāina ma nā ʻāina pili.
