2002-01-19 04:00:00 PDT Goma, Congo-- A fast-flowing river of lava more than a mile wide sliced this border city in two yesterday, a day after a towering volcano nearby erupted in a torrent of molten ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 21 January 2002 UNHCR in the western ...

GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, hoping to reach safety after rebels captured the nearby Congolese ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, ...

The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo has forced the residents of Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) to flee their home en masse. Some 50 people are reported to have died, and there are concerns this will ...

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 ...

Rwandan-Backed Rebels Enter Congo's Goma in Major Escalation By Arlette Bashizi, Djaffar Al-Katanty, Yassin Kombi and Stanis Bujakera GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed ...

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, some 3km away, dead bodies are washed ashore while ...

UNHCR in the western Tanzania town of Ngara began today (Tuesday) loading trucks with relief supplies for up to 15,000 Congolese families (75,000 people) displaced by last week's volcanic eruption in ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, ...