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Tuesday May 25 2021
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Dear Tingasiga:
We breathed a sigh of relief when news came in that Nyiragongo’s latest fiery temper tantrum had spared the nearby city of Goma and her two million residents.
The spectacular images of orange, red and black flames and fumes billowing up atop one of Africa’s most terrifying beauties had left me anxious about the fate of people who live within reach of the rivers of molten lava that are unforgiving as they claim new territories. Nyiragongo, with her triple cone and thick forests, is perhaps the most dangerous in the Ibirunga volcanic range that dot the Western Rift Valley. At 20,000 years of age, Nyiragongo, like Nyamuragira, her equally dangerous sister volcano, is a youngster among the Ibirunga. Located on the outskirts of Goma in the Congo Free State, a mere 20 kilometres from the city, she has erupted with fury many times in the last 100 years.
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