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Nyiragongo volcano




On 17 January 2002 the Nyiragongo volcano erupted destroying up to 25 per cent of the town of Goma, sending 300,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Rwanda and triggering an instantaneous Red Cross Red Crescent response.
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Photo: Andrew MacColl/International Federation

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