Goma: UNICEF has reported that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), following Mount Nyiragongo's eruption on Saturday night
More than 5,000 people crossed the border into Rwanda from Goma on Saturday, and at least 25,000 were displaced in Sake, 25 km north-west of Goma.
"However, most people are slowly making their way back home since the lava has stopped flowing this morning," said UNICEF in a press release issued on Sunday.
According to the UN agency, there is also concern about hundreds of people returning to Goma to find damaged homes and water and electricity shortages.
It is not yet clear how many households have been affected by the eruption in the Nyiragongo Territory, north of Goma.
Scores of children in the area near Goma’s airport have been left homeless and destitute.
At least five deaths were directly related to the eruption in Buhene, Kibatshi and Kibumba.
A UNICEF team has been deployed in the affected areas of Sake, Buhene, Kibati and Kibumba to provide first-line response/
Nyiragongo's last eruption in 2002 left more than 100,000 people homeless.
It is considered one of the world's most active and dangerous volcano.
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