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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday night sent about 5,000 people fleeing from the city of Goma across the nearby border into Rwanda, while another 25,000 others sought refuge to the ...

GOMA, Congo-Kinshasa — 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 ...

This weekend’s eruption surprised a city haunted by Nyiragongo’s past infernos. Down to luck alone, the lava missed Goma. By Sunday morning, the eruption had lost its intensity.

Goma is on the edge of Lake Kivu on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Rwanda. The current metro area population of Goma in 2021 is 670,000, according to a projection by the UN ...

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.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Tens of thousands of people jammed highways, crowded boats and set off on foot to flee this major African city on Thursday, seeking an escape from the ...

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.

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.

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.