Mount Nyiragongo's last eruption, in 2002, left hundreds dead and coated airport runways in lava. More than 100,000 people were left homeless in the aftermath, adding to the fear in Goma on ...

Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma ...

Nyiragongo's last eruption was in 2002 and it left hundreds of people dead, and coated airport runways with lava. "I think that the lava is going towards the city centre," Mr Tedesco said.

Mount Nyiragongo erupted in 1977 and again in 2002, when lava flows destroyed parts of Goma, killing 250 people and displacing 120,000 residents. In 2011 the nearby Nyamuragira volcano erupted.

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At the moment, we don’t know.” People fled to Rwanda during the overnight eruption of Mount Nyiragongo and returned to Goma, Congo in the early hours of Sunday.

I ran away and he got burned inside. I don’t know what to do. I curse this day,” she said. Mount Nyiragongo’s last major eruption in 2002 killed 250 people and displaced thousands.

People gather with their belongings following a volcanic activities at Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 22, 2021 [Olivia Acland/ Reuters] ...

I ran away and he got burned inside. I don’t know what to do. I curse this day,” she said. Mount Nyiragongo’s last major eruption in 2002 killed 250 people and displaced thousands.