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DR Congo's government said Saturday that the eruption of a second volcano it had announced hours earlier was a "false alarm," the scare coming a week after Mount Nyiragongo

Impatience grows as nations accuse UN agency of dragging its feet in inquiry.

After the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, hundreds of thousands were forces to flee the Goma area. Now, some are trusting a slow return, while others have left their homes following a false alarm by the government.

More than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 are still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that killed dozens and continues to cause strong earthquakes in the nearby city of Goma, the United Nations has said, according to Al Jazeera

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team have reached a staff-level agreement on a three-year, US$1

The eastern DR Congo city of Goma was eerily deserted Friday, a day after tens of thousands of residents fled after warnings that the nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again.

The latest incident comes just a week after Mount Nyiragongo devastated the area prompting an evacuation of the city.

A second volcano erupted Saturday near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, a week after Mount Nyiragongo roared back into life, causing devastation and sparking an exodus.

The government had said that Murara volcano had a "low intensity" eruption on Saturday morning, sending lava flowing into an uninhabited area of Virunga Park

Kinshasa [Congo], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations (UN) has expanded humanitarian relief to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the country has evacuated residents from Goma in case of another volcanic eruption.