away -- this.
welcome to goma.
a city of 1 million, the
significant number of whom are
idps, internally displaced
people -- sitting, rather
inconveniently, at the base of
mt. niragango, a still
smoldering volcano.
current street level is about 12
feet above where it was in
january 2002 when it last
erupted.
lava everywhere.
which explains the less than
smooth ride.
one of the first things you
notice out the car window, the
u.n.
about four months ago, the m-23,