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Trekking on the volcanoes of Congo

Africa is a continent of many active volcanoes. Tourists do not think about it that often, since they mainly come to admire wild animals. But this land, which gave birth to the rest of the world, is the furnace where it all was forged. It is quite natural to find volcanoes, here, though most ofContinue reading "Trekking on the volcanoes of Congo"

Mount Nyiragongo, the great eruption

  It all started in the evening of Saturday, 22nd May, 2021. The volcano Mount Nyiragongo, in the Virunga Range - Republic of Congo - started a major eruption . It immediately put in danger towns, villages and the city of Goma, set 15 km away from the crater. Mount Nyiragongo is a very largeContinue reading "Mount Nyiragongo, the great eruption"