Congo

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.
2022-05-09 08:32
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.
2022-04-05 10:00
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.
2022-03-21 13:30
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.
2022-03-13 12:50
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.
2022-02-02 14:50
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.
2022-01-30 11:05
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.
2022-01-25 21:31
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.
2021-12-26 11:15
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.
2021-11-21 20:45
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.
2021-11-03 22:15
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.
2021-10-10 10:45
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.
2021-10-09 14:15
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.
2021-09-13 23:59
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.
2021-06-27 22:15
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.
2021-05-31 18:00
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.
2021-05-24 11:20
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.
2021-02-22 16:04
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.
2021-02-20 18:30
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.
2020-12-30 10:45
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.
2020-12-05 17:00
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.
2020-12-01 21:00
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.
2020-08-17 03:59