Goma
DR Congo city empties over fears volcano could erupt again
Goma, located on the shore of Lake Kivu, has been gripped by fear since Africa's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, leaving 32 people dead.
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'Limnic eruption': DR Congo's volcano nightmare
A 'limnic eruption,' is when volcanic activity combined with a deep lake can spew out lethal, suffocating gas.
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Volcano aftershocks rattle DR Congo city as death toll rises
Three days after Africa's most active volcano roared back into life, spewing lava that reached the outskirts of the city of 1.5 million, tremors were shaking the region every 10 to 15 minutes. Cracks several centimetres (more than an inch) wide appeared in the ground and on roads in several areas, including near the city's main hospital, an AFP reporter saw.
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Goma city 'spared' as river of lava from DRC volcano halts
Fire and fumes rose from the blackish molten rock as it swallowed up houses, flowing towards Goma airport on the shores of Lake Kivu and leaving smouldering wreckage in its wake, an AFP correspondent said.
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Thousands flee Goma city in DR Congo after volcano erupts
Officials said the lava had reached Goma city airport -- located on the outskirts of the metropolis on the shores of Lake Kivu -- although residents said it had stopped at the edge of the facility.
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Violence in DR Congo's Goma kills 10, protests banned: official
Governor Charly Nzanzu Kasivita also signed orders banning 'all public protests' in the province and closing off a commune in Goma and a neighbouring territory.
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SA military plane crash lands in Congo, no sign of major damage
Videos on social media showed smoke rising from the airplane but two sources at the airport, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there did not appear to be major damage to the plane.
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Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000
The government team overseeing the response said the number of confirmed and probable cases had also hit a milestone of more than 3,000 in what has become the second-worst epidemic of the virus on record.
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Ebola spreads 200km west to remote, militia-run Congo town
Walikale lies about 200 km (125 miles) west of Goma, one of the towns affected by the Ebola epidemic, and much further away from the epicentre of the epidemic in Butembo and Beni.
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WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
Goma, a lakeside city of nearly 2 million people on the Rwandan border, has been on high alert over the past week after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people before dying himself.
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Rwanda shuts border with Ebola-hit DRC: Congolese presidency
In a statement, it said there had been a 'unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities' that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border for their work.
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Third Ebola case detected in DR Congo's Goma: medical source
The latest diagnosis is just the latest sign that the outbreak is sharply widening, and came just hours after the announcement that the second patient had died overnight Tuesday.
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New Ebola case diagnosed in DR Congo's Goma: health official
Health officials said the latest case involves a man from a northeastern rural community, who arrived in Goma on 13 July and was later diagnosed.
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Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers "including the sick", the ministry said in a statement.
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Shootings kill eight in eastern DR Congo
The shootings came as Martin Fayulu, controversially beaten by fellow opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi in the December 30 presidential election, was in the province for a meeting at Butembo, 266 km from Goma.
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The Africa Report: 2 August 2013
EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news.
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The Africa Report: 23 July
'Morsi kidnapped' says family, Rwanda's support of M23 rebels, and the latest on female genital mutilation.
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DRC plane crash kills five
At least five people were killed when their plane tried to make an emergency landing in Goma.
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SADC nations pledge force for Congo
Southern African nations have pledged to provide troops for a neutral force in eastern Congo.
