Congo
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35 killed in attack on gold mine in Congo
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – At least 35 people have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in Ituri, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said.
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More than dozen killed in eastern Congo armed attack
TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – At least a dozen civilians were killed in an armed attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s army and a survivor said Monday.
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Fourteen killed in machete attack in DR Congo's Ituri
TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Red Cross has said, as a community leader blamed a notorious armed group for the bloody attack.
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Dozens dead in DR Congo train accident
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – A train crash in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 60 people, the state rail company and local sources said.
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At least 40 killed in attack on displaced people in DR Congo
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – At least 40 people were killed when knife-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group and local sources said Wednesday.
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Congo court sentences 51 to death over killing of UN experts
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two United Nations experts in a troubled central region.
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Gunmen kill at least 12 in attacks on DRC villages
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Gunmen killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, media have reported.
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Suicide bomb attack kills 6 in eastern Congo
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – A suicide bomber has attacked a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Beni, killing at least five people and himself.
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Gunmen abduct 5 Chinese gold mine workers in DR Congo
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Congolese government officials reported on Sunday that a police officer was killed and at least five Chinese nationals were abducted.
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Nine people killed in gunmen attack in Congo: Report
TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Nine people were killed in clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu early on Wednesday after an incursion by unidentified gunmen, authorities and the army said.
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More than 100 dead or missing after boat accident in Congo
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – More than 100 people are dead or missing after a boat accident earlier this week on the Congo River in the country’s northwest, officials said Saturday.
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Over 50 dead, more missing after boat sinks on Congo River
TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – More than 50 people have died and more are believed to be missing following the capsizing of a makeshift vessel on the Congo River earlier this week, according to provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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DRC FM Christophe Lutundula congratulates Amir-Abdollahian
TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – The foreign minister of DR Congo Christophe Lutundula has sent a message to Amir-Abdollahian congratulating him on his assuming the post of Iranian foreign minister.
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Two people killed in a Church's bomb blast in Congo
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Two people were killed in a bomb blast near a church in city of ‘Beni’, eastern Republic of Congo on Sunday.
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At least 39 people killed in two attacks in eastern DRC
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – At least 39 people have been killed in two new attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to media reports on Monday.
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Volcano erruption leaves 15 people dead in Congo
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in eastern Congo with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes.
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Italian ambassador to Congo killed in attack on UN convoy
TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) – The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed along with two others on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the east of the country, local park authorities and diplomats said.
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UNICEF warns on impact of 'Congolese violence' on children
TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – The lives and futures of more than 3 million displaced children are at risk in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while the world is looking the other way, a report released by the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said.
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Iranian envoy submits credentials to President of Congo
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – The newly-appointed ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Brazzaville submitted his credentials to the President of the Republic of the Congo.
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Iran, Congo discuss expansion of bilateral relations
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – The new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Minister of Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo conferred on boosting bilateral ties in the field of industry.
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Iranian envoy submits credentials to FM of Congo
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – The new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran presented a copy of his credentials to the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday.
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Zarif felicitates Congo on National Day
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated his counterpart, Jean-Claude Gakosso, on the occasion of Congolese National Day.