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Thousands have fled the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) when a river of boiling lava mercifully stopped on the outskirts of Goma on Sunday, saving the city in the east of the country from disaster. Fire and strong fumes originated from the black-melted cliff when it engulfed houses, on its way to Goma Airport on Lake Kivu, says a correspondent from Agence France-Presse (AFP). But the military governor of northern Kivu province said the "city was spared" after…

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, suddenly became active on Saturday, spraying red smoke into the night sky, news agencies reported. "I can see high lava fountains and I think it is likely that it will be in Goma very soon," says volcanologist Dario Tedesco. "Currently, people are not evacuating." Power was cut in the city and despite this statement, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that some residents were starting to leave their homes and on their way to the nearby border…

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano located in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, suddenly erupted on Saturday, spraying red smoke into the night sky, news agencies reported. People seized mattresses and other belongings and fled to the border with nearby Rwanda when a red light filled the sky above the city and power was cut off. Dario Tedesco, a volcanologist in the city by the lake of about 2 million, told Reuters that Goma did not appear to be in danger, and lava appeared to flow eastward towards…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun distributing hundreds of thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccines to other African countries because it will not be able to administer all doses before they expire at the end of June, its health minister said on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, a plane from Angola picked up almost half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which had been delivered to Congo through the COVAX vaccine dispatch facility on March 2. Congo delayed launch after several European countries…