On the front page: "Strongly for national mourning!"
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Thousands of people fled the city of Goma threatened by the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano on May 27, 2021. © Guerchom Ndebo AFP /
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
6 mins
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“
Roll on national mourning!
The editorial of the
Forum des As
newspaper
devoted to the situation in the city of Goma and its surroundings evokes the capital of a province (North Kivu) which is continually in mourning. "
It is a matter of mourning in mourning which, alas, takes place in a local ecosystem
", writes this daily which depicts: "
A drama which sounds like an echo to the tragedy which is being experienced and raging in the Far North
". And the newspaper added: "
The relentlessness of nature is such that even mourning becomes wandering. We cry while fleeing the ... death announced. It is up to the Congolese from other regions to organize national solidarity and to mourn in a safe place
, ”argues
Forum des As
.
"
After the volcano, methane gas
", for its part headlines the daily
Le Potentiel
in its section
A Haute Voix
. Based on observations of scientists, this newspaper warns: “
Lake Kivu is potentially dangerous
”.
“
Risk of major disaster, 10 of the 18 districts of Goma emptied of their inhabitants by decision of the executive
”. It is in the tri-weekly Africanews which reports that Felix Tshisekedi ordered a preventive evacuation. According to this newspaper, which quotes the military governor of North Kivu, current data indicates the presence of magma under the urban area of the provincial capital, with an extension under Lake Kivu. For Africanews, General Constant Ndima raised the possibility, I quote of an eruption on land or under Lake Kivu soon, if not without any warning sign.
In the daily
Le Phare
, we can read, Nyiragongo: the Sama government takes responsibility. Under this headline, the daily affirms that “
The Goma-Rutshuru highway has been cut since the wee hours of Sunday morning, at a dizzying pace. Bulldozer, dump trucks, graders and mechanical shovels are working at an intense pace that soon road traffic will be restored between Goma and Rutshuru
, ”reassure colleagues from Le Phare newspaper.
For its part, the newspaper
La République
announces that "
International solidarity is manifesting
". The daily focuses on the work of UNHCR which, with its partners, “is
leading a mission to assess humanitarian needs in affected areas while UNICEF teams are mobilized to reunite children separated from their families in flight, and that WHO reiterated its commitment to provide the necessary support to the authorities to save lives.
"
Finally, in
the newspaper
L'Avenir
, a new occupation plan for the city of Goma.
“
Pius Muabilu Mbayu Mukala, the Minister of Town Planning and Housing, proposes a reference urban plan for the city of Goma.
This is
, explains the daily
L'Avenir, a new land use map ... new residential, commercial, industrial and public service areas ... A plan, according to the newspaper, which also offers the establishment of natural areas, improvement of road mobility infrastructures and enrichment of the quality of the living environment…
”
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