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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
There is an additional threat of unexploded ordnance near the site of an ammunition blast that left hundreds of people dead in the Congo, a U.N. official said. A weekend blast at an ammunition depot in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Fears of more unexploded munitions at a Congo arms depot where a series of blasts killed nearly 200 people have delayed the search for more wounded, officials said on Wednesday. Work to make the munitions dump safe were delayed so experts could carry...
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Scoop
| over 1 year ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his profound sadness at the loss of life and destruction caused by the accidental explosion of an ammunition depot in the capital city of the Republic of Congo. Yesterday's explosion in Brazzaville...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Congo blast site still too unsafe for rescue attempt 5 March 2012 Last updated at 23:22 ET The area where ammunitions stockpiles exploded in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, is still too unsafe to enter according to rescue workers. A BBC reporter in the...
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Epoch Times
| over 1 year ago
March 5, 2012 Police and residents stand near the debris of the Lycee de la Revolution school near the military barracks in the Mpila district of Brazzaville on March 5, 2012. (Guy-Gervais Kitina/AFP/Getty Images) After a munitions depot exploded in...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Emergency crews in the Republic of Congo are trying to prevent more fires and blasts at an arms depot, where officials say explosions on Sunday killed an estimated 200 people. Witnesses reported a series of smaller blasts and fires early Monday at...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
The series of five explosions at the barracks was caused by an electrical short circuit, according to Bienvenue Okemi, spokesperson for the government. Authorities at the municipal mortuary at confirmed to Radio Okapi at about 3 pm local time on...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| over 1 year ago
Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 146 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures, including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Short-circuit' caused Congo's deadly arms depot blasts The blasts could be seen from across the Congo River, in Kinshasa Huge explosions at an arms depot that killed at least 146 people in Congo's capital Brazzaville were caused by a short-circuit...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
At least 146 people were killed when an electrical short circuit sparked a series of blasts at a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville, the government said on Monday. Sunday's disaster "caused the death of over 100 Congolese,...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-03-05 11:16 AM More than 200 people were killed and some 1,500 people were injured after a munitions depot exploded Sunday in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville,...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
Six Chinese were killed and one was missing after Sunday's ammunition depot explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to the Chinese embassy here on Sunday night. The victims belonged to the Beijing Construction...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Those in Brazzaville described the scene as 'apocalyptic' as twisted sheets of metal littered the streets while churches, hospitals and homes were left in ruins. Didier Boutsindi, a government official of the central African country, said untold...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
Huge explosions rocked a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville Sunday, killing at least 100 people and leaving hundreds of others injured, the government said. A European diplomat said earlier that at least 150 bodies had...
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News 24
| over 1 year ago
Stunned residents of Congo's capital surveyed damage caused by deadly blasts at a weapons depot on Sunday that levelled homes, destroyed military barracks and blew out windows in a neighbouring city. "I experienced the apocalypse," said Jeanette...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Officials in the Republic of the Congo said a fire at a military ammunition depot triggered a series of huge explosions that killed more than 100 people Sunday. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers searched the wreckage of the base in the...
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ITN
| over 1 year ago
Stringer At least 206 people have been killed in the Republic of Congo as a series of explosions ripped through an arms depot in the capital Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon...A morgue in the city counted 136 bodies but said more were arriving, whilst...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
The Russian city of Ulyanovsk is recovering from a series of explosions at an arms depot that killed two servicemen and injured dozens of people. Hundreds of people were forced to leave their home to escape the blaze. Eight people have been killed...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
At least 150 people were killed in a series of explosions at a munitions depot in the Congolose capital of Brazzaville earlier on Sunday, a European diplomat said. "We count at least 150 dead in the military hospitals and around 1,500 injured, some...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
At least 150 people were killed in a series of explosions at a munitions depot in the Congolose capital of Brazzaville earlier on Sunday, a European diplomat said. "We count at least 150 dead in the military hospitals and around 1,500 injured, some...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
A series of powerful blasts shook Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, early Sunday, sparking panic in the city and also in neighboring Kinshasa across the Congo River. Diplomats and government officials say the explosions took place at...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
A series of explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, killed at least four people and injured nearly 60 others, a senior Congolese official said, giving the first toll from Sunday's blasts...There are four dead and nearly 60 injured,...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
01 At least three strong explosions have struck Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, sending up a plume of smoke that could been miles away across the Congo River in neighbouring Kinshasa. The blasts, which began around 8am on Sunday,...
