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Ngogo Chimpanzee Civil War
The Ngogo chimpanzee community fractured into two rival factions in 2015.
“The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious civil war for the last eight years”
Researchers documented 24 sustained attacks by the smaller Western group on the larger Central group between 2018 and 2024.
The violence was coordinated, with adult males as the main attackers.
The conflict was not between strangers but former companions who had groomed and cooperated for years.
The split was attributed to a convergence of pressures including the group's unusually large size, deaths of key social bridge males, an alpha male turnover, and a respiratory disease outbreak.
Survivors and the Strike Call
Survivors described scenes of workers pounding on locked metal doors as smoke filled the stairwells.
Nasrin Begum told Al Jazeera: We could hear them screaming but we could not reach them.
The Bangladesh Garment Workers' Federation called a nationwide strike.
This was not an accident. This was corporate murder, Akter said.
Labour Minister Tahmina Akhter pledged an immediate government investigation.
Firefighter Mahmud Iqbal said 47 people had been injured.
Supply Chain Under Scrutiny
Rahman Textile produced clothing for several European fashion brands.
“produced clothing for brands including the German retailer Hessen and the Dutch chain BrandBox”
Both companies said they were deeply saddened by the deaths.
Hessen's compliance team had audited the factory in March.
Rahman Textile owner Faisal Rahman issued a statement claiming the factory had passed its most recent safety inspection in January.
Clean Clothes Campaign spokesperson said the audit system was fundamentally broken.
Rahman was being questioned about allegations that the factory's emergency exits had been welded shut to prevent worker theft.