A hard-hitting first person recount of the Gombe Chimpanzee War, told from the perspective of a melancholic veteran.

Chimpanzees at the Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation ... had to be canceled because of the war. By mid-February, the rebels captured Bukavu, the capital city of South Kivu, and the airport in Kavumu ...

Capturing a baby chimp means killing the parents and often other adult chimpanzees. The trade is starting to threaten chimp populations in the wild. Reporter David Shukman infiltrates a smuggling ...