How to get there. In your journey to Mount Nyiragongo, start at the town of Gisenyi in Rwanda, and from there, it takes an average of 30 minutes to cross into Goma, Congo.

In the early morning of Feb. 29, park officials, tourists and locals near Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo heard an unfamiliar sound: rumbling.

Mount Nyiragongo just erupted—here's why it's one of Africa's most dangerous volcanoes. Lava from the recent eruption stopped just short of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo is seen in Buhene, on the outskirts of Goma, Congo in the early hours of Sunday, May 23, 2021. Photo: Justin Kabumba (AP) On Saturday, the Democratic ...