Mount Nyiragongo Goma

... continued to drive along Goma's streets, which are really a collection of huge potholes and muddy ditches, we saw the remnants of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2002, one of the most destructive in the world with over 4500 buildings destroyed ...

... be more powerful than that of men.  As recently as 2002, most of this city was destroyed by an outburst from Mount Nyiragongo, a mountain that still belches smoke and ash daily. Once stamped out of Rwanda, we begin the crossing, skirting around the ...

... Rift Valley where many of the African Great Lakes are found as well as many active volcanoes.  The most active volcano in Africa, Mount Nyiragongo, sits to Goma's north and in 2002, lava flowed through the center of town for the fourth time in a ...