The situation is “under control” following the eruption of a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said after his government mistakenly announced another volcano had erupted.
More than a thousand refugees left a camp in Rwanda to return to the Democratic of Congo on Saturday, officials said, after escaping over the border fearing Mount Nyiragongo could erupt again.
Africa’s most active volcano roared back to life a week ago, sending terrified people in the nearby city of Goma running for their lives as rivers of lava destroyed homes and claimed nearly three dozen lives.
The eruption stopped, but warnings in recent days that it could blow again sent nearly 400,000 people rushing from Goma, with thousands crossing into Rwanda at a nearby border point.
Boubacar Bamba, the UN refugee agency’s deputy representative for operations in Rwanda, said the camp’s population had swollen in recent days from around 800 evacuees to closer to 2000.
