machetes, and automatic weapons. In an October 2012 incident, Mai-Mai killed two park staff and a soldier, while three soldiers were injured. From 1990 to 2018 some 170 Virunga Rangers have died in such attacks, according to the World Wildlife Foundation. Six Virunga Park Rangers were killed in an ambush and a seventh ranger was injured in the Central section of the reserve on 10 January 2021. Officials suspected the Mai-Mai to be behind the attacks. See also Resistance Patriots Maï-Maï Mai-Mai Kata Katanga Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga References External links Global Security description UN Assessment of Armed Groups in Congo, 1 April 2002 National Geographic Mai-mai atrocities included cannibalism Factions of the Second Congo War History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo History of Rwanda Rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rebel groups that actively control territory Vigilantism