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Jun
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Residents return to volcano-hit city

Residents return to volcano-hit city

NEWS
THE Democratic Republic of Congo will start a phased return of residents who fled Goma in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption that destroyed thousands of homes and threatened to overrun the city, the government has said. Less than a week after the initial eruption on May 22, which only just stopped short of the city limits, some 400,000 people scrambled to leave when the government warned underground tremors could cause a new eruption, or trigger the release of toxic gases. The tremors have since subsided, and many people have returned to Goma. About 245,000 remain displaced in nearby towns…
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Jun
07
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC volcano: Graft blames for no warning

DRC volcano: Graft blames for no warning

NEWS
RESEARCHERS at an eastern Congolese volcano observatory have said they could have predicted the deadly eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in May if their work had not been impeded by alleged mismanagement and embezzlement. At least 31 people died when the volcano sent a wall of lava spreading towards Goma on May 22, destroying 3,000 homes along the way and cutting a major road used to bring aid to the strife-torn region. In a public letter to President Felix Tshisekedi, the workers at OVG, which monitors Nyiragongo, said the organisation had been crippled by salary arrears, embezzlement of funding, mistreatment of…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo volcano risk remains as evacuees return

Congo volcano risk remains as evacuees return

MULTIMEDIA
LEY UWERA TRICKLES of displaced people are heading back to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma, just days after officials ordered residents to evacuate following a volcanic eruption on 22 May that left at least 32 people dead and 20,000 homeless. Hundreds of thousands of evacuees remain scattered and families are still separated across the region amid warnings of further eruptions in the city centre and its adjacent lake, which contains vast amounts of trapped carbon dioxide that could suffocate residents if released. Congolese photojournalist Ley Uwera has been following the situation over the past week, photographing residents as they fled…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Small eruption recorded at second volcano in eastern Congo

Small eruption recorded at second volcano in eastern Congo

NEWS
A small eruption was detected on Saturday at a volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo but was not believed to threaten any inhabited areas, the government said. The eruption at Mount Nyamuragira comes a week after the nearby Mount Nyiragongo erupted, killing at least 31 people and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Nyamuragira lies around 25 km (16 miles) north of Goma, a city of about 2 million people, but Mount Nyiragongo stands between them, creating a natural barrier. "It's not in a zone that's inhabited and it's not of a great intensity," government spokesman Patrick…
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May
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Fears grow for DRC’s lone children

Fears grow for DRC’s lone children

NEWS
JORDAN MAYENIKINI ABOUT 70 Congolese children who have been unable to find their families four days after a deadly volcanic eruption could be at risk of kidnap and child labour, emergency responders have said. The United Nations said 31 people have died, 40 are missing and 20,000 fled their homes when Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted on Saturday near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.N. children's agency UNICEF said 561 children were separated from their families as they ran - out of which 487 have been reunited and 74…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Thousands flee Goma after DRC warns of possible new eruption

Thousands flee Goma after DRC warns of possible new eruption

NEWS
DJAFFAR Al KATANTY THOUSANDS of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma yesterday, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time. Magma, the molten rock that normally stays beneath the earth's crust, had been detected beneath the city and the adjoining Lake Kivu, Constant Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province, said, citing seismic and ground deformation data. "Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo earthquake disrupts tin ore exports

Congo earthquake disrupts tin ore exports

BUSINESS
PRATIMA DESAI and HELEN REID AN earthquake in Goma, a city in Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Rwanda, is delaying exports of tin ore from mineral-rich North Kivu province, two sources with direct knowledge have told Reuters. This is likely to exacerbate shortages of the soldering metal, prices of which last week touched 10-year highs at $30,650 a tonne. The sources said tin ore producers have been unable to obtain the permits they need to export the material because government offices in Goma, North Kivu's capital city, are shut due to the earthquake, which destroyed several buildings…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC volcano leaves 20 000 homeless, 40 missing

DRC volcano leaves 20 000 homeless, 40 missing

NEWS
DJAFFAR AL KATANTY MORE than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in eastern Congo that killed dozens and continues to cause strong earthquakes in the nearby city of Goma, the United Nations has said. Saturday's eruption sent rivers of lava streaming down the hillside from Mount Nyiragongo, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, but stopped 300 metres short of Goma airport, the main hub for aid operations in the east of Congo. The ash cloud caused by the eruption has closed down airports in Goma and Bukavu, and…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Earthquake raise fears of second volcano eruption

Earthquake raise fears of second volcano eruption

NEWS
AN earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude rocked the borderlands between Rwanda and Congo this morning, the Rwandan Seismic Monitor said, raising worries about a fresh eruption following one on Saturday that killed at least 32 people. On Saturday Democratic Republic of Congo's Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted sending a river of lava downhill towards Goma, a city of some two million people. The area has experienced repeated tremors since then, and the lava lake in the volcano's crater appears to have refilled, raising fears of new fissures or another eruption, the United Nations Refugee…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

NEWS
REPEATED tremors shook the Congolese city of Goma yesterday, unnerving families still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that destroyed nearby villages, displaced thousands and killed at least 32 people. Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted on Saturday evening, sending a smouldering wall of lava half a mile wide downhill towards the city of 2 million people. The lava flow stopped a few hundred metres short of the city limits, but wrecked 17 villages on the way, cut the principal electricity supply and blocked a major road, disrupting aid deliveries. The death…
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