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The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 16^th December. Tony Kayembe-Kitenge will present his doctoral research activities focusing on metal exposure and birth defects in the Katanga Copperbelt (D.R. Congo). Do not miss it!

Does the movement of a landslide change when a city is built on it? New research shows how more than 70 years of urban growth have disturbed the displacements of a large and now densely-inhabited landslide in the city of Bukavu, in eastern D.R. Congo.

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 18^th November. Clemence Idukunda will present her doctoral research activities focusing on the assessment of community vulnerability to landslides and floods in northwestern Rwanda. Do not miss it!

On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, find in this video five PhD students involved in disaster risk reduction in their country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRCongo).

On 22 May 2021, the Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo) erupted. Lava flows destroyed part of the city of Goma and thousands of people fled. In a new study published in Nature, an international team of researchers shows that this eruption could not be predicted.

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 24^th June. Jos Subira will present his doctoral research activities in the framework of seismic monitoring in the Virunga volcanic province (DR Congo). Do not miss it!

At the end of March 2022, the Volcano Museum / Volcano Information Centre (CIV) was inaugurated at the Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO, DRC).

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 6^th May. Pascal Sibomana will present his PhD research focusing on the distribution of landslides in the changing landscapes of Northern-western provinces of Rwanda. Do not miss it!

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 22^th April. Jean Nsabimana will present his part PhD research focusing on the exposure to past disasters related to hydrological hazards in Bujumbura (Burundi). Do not miss it!