Volcanologists in Goma warned that a volcanic eruption under a nearby lake,accompanied by a large earthquake,could trigger a sudden release of carbon dioxide which could asphyxiate thousands.
Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the first time in nearly two decades,turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma,a city of nearly 2 million.
The ambush occurred as the convoy was travelling from Goma,the country’s eastern regional capital,to visit a World Food Program school feeding project.
It is the first resurgence of the disease in Guinea since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016 killed more than 11,000 people.
Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having to be evacuated by motorbike.
A woman has died after being found with symptoms of the deadly virus in the town of Biena on February 1.
The investigation by Congolese authorities into Sydney man Joseph Bagala has been dropped and he is receiving assistance from DFAT.
The women accuse men who said they worked for the World Health Organisation,UNICEF,Oxfam and Medecins Sans Frontieres among others.
An Australian man stranded in the Congo because of the coronavirus pandemic is accused of illegally buying diamonds.
Millions of Congolese are estimated to have died between 1885 and 1908 after King Leopold II declared the country his personal property.
The King Leopold Ranges are to get a new Indigenous name. About time. And here's why.