Bitini Ndiyanabo Kanane has been the customary chief of the Mudja community near Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001, having ascended to power through family heritage ...

Three months after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, life has resumed in Goma. But experts say locals aren’t out of the woods just yet and the threat to the city remains.

GOMA -- DR Congo's Mount Nyiragongo has ceased to rumble and Goma, the city that lives in its shadow, is in recovery mode. But hundreds of parents are still frantically searching for ...

After the last eruption of Nyiragongo in 2002, which killed 200 people and left over 100,000 homeless, it took years to rebuild damaged homes, roads and infrastructure in Goma.

More than 30 people were killed. Fears of a second volcanic eruption caused a mass exodus from Goma of most of its 450,000 residents on May 27.

A small volume of lava cascading into the lake from above probably wouldn’t trigger one; this actually happened during Nyiragongo’s 2002 eruption, but no limnic eruption occurred.

Around 400,000 people have fled the city of Goma and its surroundings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the threat of another volcanic eruption at Mount Nyiragongo looms, a ...

Around 400,000 people have fled the city of Goma and its surroundings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the threat of another volcanic eruption at Mount Nyiragongo looms, a ...

Around 400,000 people have fled the city of Goma and its surroundings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the threat of another volcanic eruption at Mount Nyiragongo looms, a ...

U.N. aid agencies say residents of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing the city in fear of further volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo. Barely one week has passed ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the city of Goma in eastern Congo fearing another volcanic eruption by Mount Nyiragongo, which spewed lava near the city last week.

An eruption on Saturday killed 31 people, destroyed 3,000 houses and left 20,000 people homeless. At least 40 people are missing. The lava stopped just 300 metres short of Goma airport, the ...