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DR Congo shelling killed 3 ahead of Ban visit

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 15:45
Shelling killed three people in the flashpoint Democratic Republic Congo city of Goma ahead of a visit by UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, the United Nations said. Three shells were fired into the Goma district of Ndosho late Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 10, according to the UN humanitarian coordinator for DR Congo Moustapha Soumare. He did not say whether rebel or government forces were behind the shelling. Ban visited Goma on Thursday as part of a tour of the region to bolster an accord seeking to end conflict in eastern DR Congo.

World Bank gives Great Lakes $1bn in aid as Ban visits restive DRCongo

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 12:46
The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in aid for Africa's Great Lakes region as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo where fresh fighting has sent hundreds of people fleeing. Fighting erupted between the Congolese army and rebels near the flashpoint eastern city of Goma for a third straight day, the first clashes in the troubled region since a major crisis last year.

Artillery lands in east Congo city, humanitarian camp

May 22, 2013 07:30
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighborhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a human rights group said. From early morning, government troops and M23 rebels exchanged heavy weapons fire for a third straight day outside the city, the largest in Democratic Republic of Congo's turbulent and mineral-rich east.

Final toll in DR Congo plane crash is six: minister

March 5, 2013 09:30
Six people died when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Transport Minister Justin Kalumba said on Tuesday. "The toll is six dead," Kalumba said, adding that three passengers had survived. "This morning, a team has been dispatched to Goma to determine the cause of the accident," he added. Toll estimates from the crash have ranged wildly, with initial reports saying that dozens of people could have died before police drastically revised down the estimate.

Final toll in DR Congo plane crash is seven: governor

March 5, 2013 06:16
Seven people died and three were injured when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the regional governor said on Tuesday. "All six members of the crew are dead as well as one passenger," Julien Paluku, governor of the North Kivu region where Goma is the capital, told AFP of Monday's crash. "There were no victims on the ground." Initial reports had said that up to 50 people could have been killed, before police drastically revised the toll down.

Passenger plane crashes in Congolese town of Goma

March 4, 2013 14:45
KINSHASA, March 4 (Reuters) - A small plane carrying passengers and cargo crashed on Monday in the eastern Congolese town of Goma, a Reuters witness said. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board or how many casualties there were.

UPDATE 3-At least 5 die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma

March 4, 2013 14:15
(Recasts with revised toll) GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 4 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed on Monday when a twin-propeller plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather in the eastern Congolese town of Goma, the airline said. CAA, the airline operating the Fokker 50 plane, said five crew members were killed while another was still missing after the crash. "The (three) passengers were injured but their lives are not threatened," David Blattner CEO of CAA, told Reuters.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Dozens killed in eastern DR Congo plane crash: police

March 4, 2013 13:31
Dozens of people were killed when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, police said. The aircraft, a Fokker belonging to the local CAA company, was coming from the central mining town of Lodja and went down in bad weather just before landing at Goma airport, police sources said. ak-pb/jmm

Congo rebel factions clash near eastern town of Goma

February 28, 2013 10:00
KINSHASA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Heavy weapons fire rang out near the eastern Congolese town of Goma on Thursday as factions of the M23 rebels clashed hours after the group's political chief was ousted in an internal power struggle.
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