Slain security guard of California mosque engaged gunmen in shootout, hailed as hero The security guard sacrificed his life to keep 140 school children inside the mosque safe by engaging two gunmen in ...

Following the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 22 May, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is assessing the needs of affected communities in the city ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Seven more people ...

Around 8,000 people crossed into Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to seek refuge following the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano on Saturday, Rwanda's Emergency Management ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Nyiragongo volcanic erupted on Saturday, authorities urged residents to move to safer ground. [Courtesy] The Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing red fumes into the night sky ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Virunga Mountains are a chain of ...