Congo
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Iran's President congratulates Congo leader on re-election
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated Denis Sassou Nguesso on his re-election as President of Congo.
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Floods in eastern Congo leave over 2,500 households homeless
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – More than 2,500 households have been left homeless after two rivers burst their banks and flooded several villages in the central-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a civil society leader said late Sunday.
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DR Congo says over 1,500 civilians killed in eastern violence
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said Wednesday that more than 1,500 civilians have been killed in escalating violence in the country's eastern province of South Kivu since early December.
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UN:
74 killed, over 80 injured in recent clashes in eastern DRC
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – At least 74 people, mostly civilians have been killed and 83 wounded as a result of recent clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a report by the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country late Monday.
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Minister's plane crashes leaving Congo mine disaster
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Congolese Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba and other members of his delegation survived an accident when plane they were flying in caught fire after veering off the runway on Monday in southern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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At least 21 killed in attack on Congo church
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – At least 21 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by ISIL-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader.
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UN chief welcomes DR Congo, Rwanda peace deal
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the signing of a peace deal Friday between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in Washington, DC.
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Amnesty warns of war crimes committed by M23 in Eastern DRC
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Human rights organisation Amnesty International has accused the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.