Foreign Affairs › Volcano Erupts At Mount Nyiragongo, DR Congo As Residents Flee by Gramps(op): 9:49am On May 23, 2021 |
Thousands of people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a large volcano erupted.
Fountains of high lava burst from Mount Nyiragongo into the night sky forming a thick red cloud over the town of Goma, which has a population of two million.
The lava flow reached the city's airport but has reportedly now stopped.
The volcano, located 10km (six miles) from Goma, last erupted in 2002 killing 250 people and making 120,000 homeless.
During the early hours of Sunday, many residents headed across the nearby Rwandan border, while others went to higher grounds to the west of the city.
Crowds were seen with mattresses and other belongings, fleeing even before the government's announcement, which came several hours after the eruption started.
Rwandan authorities said about 3,000 people had officially crossed from Goma. The country's state media said they would be accommodated in schools and places of worship.
One Goma resident, Richard Bahati, said he was in his house when he heard screaming. "I got out and saw the sky was red. I am so worried, so worried. I lived through the problem with this volcano in 2002. The volcano devastated all our homes and possessions. That's why I'm scared again this time."
"Everyone is afraid, people are running away. We really don't know what to do," local man Zacharie Paluku told the Associated Press news agency.
Electricity was out across large areas, and one highway that connects Goma with the city of Beni was engulfed by the lava. There were also reports of earthquakes.
"There is a smell of sulphur. In the distance you can see giant flames coming out of the mountain," resident Carine Mbala told AFP news agency.
An official from Virunga National Park, where the volcano is located, said in a note to staff that the eruption was similar to the one in 2002 and that everyone near the airport should "evacuate without delay".
People have been advised to stay calm, but some complained about the lack of information from the authorities amid conflicting accounts circulating on social media.
Communications Minister Patrick Muyay said on Twitter that the government was discussing "urgent measures" after the prime minister convened an emergency meeting in the capital, Kinshasa.
In a later update, Mr Muyay said the intensity of the lava flow had slowed and an assessment of the humanitarian situation was ongoing.
The UN peacekeeping mission in the country, Monusco, said it was carrying out reconnaissance flights over the city. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57215690?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020%3BAfovMsSLQd3gIVau
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Sports › Re: Kelechi Iheanacho Wins Leicester City 2020-21 Goal Of The Season Award (Photos) by Gramps: 7:01pm On May 21, 2021 |
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Sports › Re: Phil Foden And Pregnant Rebecca Cooke To Welcome Their Second Child by Gramps: 2:49pm On May 12, 2021 |
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Nairaland General › Spotify To Launch In 80 New Markets Including Nigeria by Gramps(op): 10:00pm On Feb 22, 2021 |
Spotify said Monday it will expand significantly to more than 80 new markets across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe over the next few days, a rollout that would expand its availability to more than a billion people around the world. The company will also make Spotify available in 36 new languages, including Romanian, Hindi and Swahili, so it supports more than 60 languages total. It is Spotify's broadest expansion to date, bringing the service to a total of more than 180 markets. All the new markets are listed at the end of this article. Spotify at the moment is available across about half of the world, "but there are still millions of creators and billions of listeners who don't yet have access to Spotify," CEO Daniel Ek said, adding that more details would be released shortly. Listeners will be able to select and search from Spotify's worldwide catalog -- one that may be limited by licensing rights, but Spotify said it "will continuously work with local rights holders and partners to expand its catalog to include more local offerings." In the majority of these markets, Spotify will launch with its full podcast catalog, with some exceptions. For the others, the company said it would will work with local partners to introduce more podcasts. On Monday, Spotify said that its expansion into new local markets would work to make the service available as quickly as possible in as many places as possible, so some markets will launch with a core library of content and features that will evolve over time. Spotify's new markets will be Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/spotify-to-launch-in-new-markets-to-be-available-to-more-than-1-billion-people/
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Business › Re: Forex Trade Alerts: Season 20 by Gramps: 3:23pm On Jul 06, 2020 |
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Business › Re: Forex Trade Alerts: Season 20 by Gramps: 3:18pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
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Literature › Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Gramps: 6:53pm On Jun 28, 2020 |
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