GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said. According to Jean-Jacques Purusi, ...
Thousands have fled the city of Goma after Mount Nyiragongo erupted and hundreds of earthquakes followed. Residents describe chaotic scenes and packed roads. Officials say more eruptions, earthquakes ...
KINSHASA, Congo — Congolese authorities have launched investigations into two recent deadly boat accidents, including the capsizing of an overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu on Thursday which killed at ...
GOMA, Congo — A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clear ...
Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported from the port of Goma - Copyright TURKISH PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE/AFP Handout ...
Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has been hit by a water shortage due to its adduction system reaching its limits as the city grows and as displaced people fleeing ...
Every morning, just as the sun rises in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, men, women and children walk miles to collect water. They walk gingerly into Lake Kivu — its blue waters lapping ...
GOMA, Congo — On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride Jet Skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than 2 miles away, dead bodies washed ...
THEY GRABBED blankets, clothes and mattresses and rushed out of their houses at dawn. In their tens of thousands, they streamed out the city of Goma, in eastern Congo, terrified of what its volcano ...