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| - The situation is serious but "under control" following the eruption of a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Saturday. "The situation is certainly serious but it is under control," he told a news conference, after his government mistakenly announced that a second volcano had erupted, a week after Mount Nyiragongo roared back into life causing devastation and sparking a mass exodus. Around 400,000 residents have evacuated the eastern city of Goma after a week of rolling aftershocks following the eruption of Africa's most active volcano. "There is an underground lava flow that can arise anytime anywhere in the city," Tshisekedi warned, strongly advising against people returning to Goma. "The lava is no longer in the crater, but the volcano remains active, so we have to be wary and that's why we don't want to rush things by bringing back the populations," he said. His comments came after more than 1,000 refugees left a camp in Rwanda to return to DR Congo on Saturday. Africa's most active volcano roared back to life a week ago, sending terrified people in the nearby city of Goma running for their lives as rivers of lava destroyed homes and claimed nearly three dozen lives "The displaced people left following an unprecedented situation: the eruption itself was not foreseen by any observatory in the world... no one saw it coming, it happens", the president said. He added that he preferred "to to take care of displaced populations, rather that they are decimated by a natural disaster". hba/blb/pvh/har
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