GOMA (Reuters) -A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds of houses and left residents searching for missing loved ones, ...

Mt. Nyiragongo erupted on May 22, triggering earthquakes and a chaotic evacuation of Goma - a city of 2 million in eastern Congo. Amid the exodus, hundreds of children were separated from their ...

GOMA, Congo -- A volcano in eastern Congo erupted Thursday, sending out plumes of ash and three rivers of lava that destroyed 14 villages near the Rwandan border and drove thousands from their homes.

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 ...

A resident picks up remains from their home which is covered with smouldering lava after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [Reuters] An ...

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 ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Two volcanoes may erupt in heavily populated eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where years of fighting have already forced 1 million people from their homes, scientists and ...

Eastern Congo, a peripheral part of the inter-lacustrine region(among lakes) of highland Central Africa, is an achingly beautiful chunk of tropical Africa. Its ...

GOMA, Congo -- Given the choice, Kasavuka Mopepe says he would take a war over a volcanic eruption any day. "At least war may leave some things intact," said Mopepe, whose house and soap factory were ...

GOMA, Congo -- Lava touched off a massive explosion and a series of fireballs at a gas station yesterday, killing at least 30 people scavenging for fuel. Still, residents picked their way across ...

GOMA, Congo, Jan. 18 -- Molten rock pouring from a volcano in eastern Congo today forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and enveloped entire buildings. U.N. officials estimated 45 people had ...

The Virunga Mountains are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The mountain range is a branch of the ...