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An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine people crashes near Ryazan, Russia, killing five passengers.
2022-06-24

A DHL Boeing 757-200 cargo plane breaks into two parts after making an emergency landing at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica. No one is injured.
2022-04-7

A Belarusian-owned Antonov An-12 cargo plane crash-lands in Siberia, killing all nine people on board.
2021-11-3

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan. 41 people have reportedly died. The five Armenian crew members were killed.
2015-11-4

The Republic of Congo bans full face-veils in an apparent attempt to prevent religious extremist attacks.
2015-05-2

An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, flying from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm. Congolese Red Cross officials say at least 32 people are confirmed dead in the crash, including six crew members and a police officer on board, as the search for victims continues.
2012-11-30

The Democratic Republic of the Congo recalls its ambassador to the Republic of Congo in connection with a raid on President Joseph Kabila's home in Kinshasa.
2011-03-25

At least 60 people are killed and hundreds disappear after a derailed train plunges into a ravine in the Republic of the Congo. The accident happened after the train left the coastal town of Pointe-Noire on the Chemin de Fer Congo Ocean (CFCO) line to the capital Brazzaville.
2010-06-22