Fetching water at Lake Kivu. Goma, a city of 2 million, has virtually no running water — not even in the fanciest hotels, which have their own pumps and treat their own water.

In 1986, a similar eruption at Lake Nyos, in Cameroon, killed more than 1,700 people in a matter of minutes. Additional eruptions are possible in Goma and in Lake Kivu, with little warning, Ndima ...

GOMA, Congo — A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.

By RUTH ALONGA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE. GOMA, Congo — A Congolese governor says at least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said.

Congolese authorities have launched investigations into two recent deadly boat accidents, including the capsizing of an overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu on Thursday which killed at least 78 people.

On May 27th the acting governor of North Kivu, the province that includes Goma, ordered the immediate evacuation of about 600,000 residents in the centre of the city (perhaps another 1.5m live in ...

GOMA, Congo — The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, ... including many found floating in Lake Kivu. ...

Goma, Congo CNN — As many as 150 people are missing after a passenger boat sank on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said.

GOMA, Congo — A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately ...

Goma, Congo — A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.. It was not immediately ...