Hundreds of parents are still searching for their children after being separated as they fled an erupting volcano In the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Around 400,000 people left the North Kivu capital of Goma after a brief one-day eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on May 22.
The tremors have since died down, but many children are still missing. My sisters and I were tied together with a loincloth so as not to get lost. When we arrived, we were separated from our neighbours, said Paruis Ngwali. Later, one of our neighbours who was in Goma noticed us and asked where our mum was. I replied that our mum had stayed in Goma. He picked us up and took us to a host family.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun counting the physical and human cost on Sunday of a volcanic eruption. Mount Nyiragongo erupted late on Saturday night, prompting the evacuation of Goma.