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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
24
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage

DRC volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage

NEWS
DJAFAR AL KATANTY A smoking trail of lava from a volcanic eruption covered hundreds of houses in eastern Congo yesterday, leaving residents to pick gingerly through the wreckage for belongings and loved ones, though the flow halted just short of the city of Goma. Goma was thrown into panic on Saturday evening as Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted, turning the night sky an eerie red and sending a wall of orange lava downhill towards the lakeside city of about 2 million people. Army spokesman Guillaume Njike said 13 were killed fleeing the disaster,…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Volcano in eastern DRC erupts

Volcano in eastern DRC erupts

NEWS
MOUNT Nyiragongo, a volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted yesterday, a volcanologist in the nearby city of Goma told Reuters. "I can see high lava fountains and I think it's likely it will be in Goma very soon," said the volcanologist, Dario Tedesco. "For the moment people are not evacuating." Nyiragongo last erupted in 2002, killing 250 people and making 120,000 homeless after lava flowed into Goma. Tedesco said the volcano has some of the fastest lava in the world. Volcano watchers have been worried that the volcanic activity observed in the last five years mirrors that…
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