The Mt. Nyiragongo volcano is one of the most active in the world. It overlooks Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is home to 2 million people. The volcano last erupted on May ...

More than 400,000 people, including 88,000 women of childbearing age and 12,200 pregnant women, fled Goma, a city with a population of around two million,to seek refuge in Sake and Rushuru territories ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to assist thousands of people affected by the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — 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 ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in eastern Congo with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes, officials ...

UNICEF is urgently working to restore water supply to 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children - in the city of Goma, in theeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - after the ...

This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

Following the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 22 May, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is assessing the needs of affected communities in the city ...

Thousands scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma, picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava, after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time.

Some cities just happen to exist uncomfortably close to volcanoes. That kind of proximity affects routines, infrastructure, and how people think about risk. Scientists surveil shifting ground and ...

* Recent activity suggests eruption imminent * War refugees swell densely populated area KINSHASA, March 30 (Reuters) - Two volcanoes may erupt in heavily populated eastern Democratic Republic of ...