TUCKED away in the dusty side streets of Goma the house of “mama”, as she is known, is modest with holy relics on the wall and clean covers over worn-down seats.

Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo have attacked a school to recruit child soldiers, Save the Children said today.

A volcano has erupted near the city of Goma in eastern Congo, spewing lava in an area devastated by a major eruption four years ago.