Portal:Democratic Republic of the Congo/Did you know/1

• ...that the Yellala Falls (pictured) on the Congo River were reached in 1485 by Portuguese explorers whose engraved stone commemorating their visit was only discovered in 1911?
• ...that Lola ya Bonobo near Kinshasa is the world's only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos?
• ...that the intensity of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been described as the worst in the world?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January#4 January 2012, Archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/August#18 August 2008, Archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/July#18 July 2009, Archive of Main Page appearance.