They communicate with us in writing, he said. The New Times saw some of the correspondences from SADC troops stationed both at Mubambiro and Goma airport to the respective commanding officers of M23.

Elsewhere, witnesses said lava had engulfed one highway connecting Goma with the city of Beni. However, the airport appeared to be spared the same fate as 2002 when lava flowed onto the runways.

In January 1977, the volcano unleashed the fastest lava flow in recorded history, reaching speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h), which killed around 2,000 people in Goma and the surrounding areas ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The international airport in Goma was evacuated and commercial flights temporarily grounded on Sunday as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged ...

M23 has declared the airspace over Goma closed,” she said, adding: "In other words, we are trapped.” She said the U.N. is temporarily relocating nonessential personnel from Goma.

GOMA, Congo (AP) – Lava touched off a massive explosion and a series of fireballs at a gas station Monday, killing at least 30 people scavenging for fuel.

Van de Perre said all exit routes from Goma and its airport are under control of the M23 and Rwandan military forces backing them, and movements of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as MONUSCO in ...

Basil Lukuba, a 24-year-old student who fled to Gisenyi, said people didn't know what to do because Radio Goma initially said the lava was flowing east toward Rwanda, away from the city.

In January 1977, the volcano unleashed the fastest lava flow in recorded history, reaching speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h), which killed around 2,000 people in Goma and the surrounding areas ...