Goma city ‘spared’ as river of lava from DRC volcano halts

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by Albert Kambale / Justin Katimwa GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — A river of red-hot lava stopped Sunday on the edge of Goma, sparing the eastern DR Congo city from disaster after an overnight eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. 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 […]