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Democratic Republic Of Congo

Democratic Republic Of Congo Events

1996 Jan 6 Air Africa Plane Crashes into Street Market
On 6 January 1996 an overloaded Air Africa or African Air Antonov An-32B jet leased from Moscow Airways destined for Kahemba Airport failed to takeoff from N'Dolo Airport and overshot the...
2007 Aug 1 Benaleka Train Crash
At least 100 people have died following the derailment of a goods train near Benaleka, 140 miles northwest of Kananga, Congo, a further 200 have been injured. SNCC (Societe Nationale d...
2008 Jan 24 The Kivu War Ends
The Kivu conflict is an armed conflict between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and the Hutu Power group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)....
2008 Apr 15 Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 Crashes into a Residential Area of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 15 April 2008, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 plane crashed into a residential and market area of Goma of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - immediately ...
2008 Sep 14 Matokeo Stadium Riot
Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a U.N.-funded radio station reported Monday. Most of the vic...