RWANDA'S interior minister on Friday warned residents of the northwestern town of Gisenyi to stay on alert for a possible evacuation order because a nearby volcano still posed a threat.
On Thursday, Mount Nyiragongo, across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted, razing much of the town of Goma and prompting several hundred thousand people to flee to Gisenyi.
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