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Republic of Congo cargo plane crash kills 6

A small cargo plane crashed into a cemetery Wednesday morning, killing six people, the country's top transport official said.

Congo Republic opposition wants election annulled

The Republic of Congo's top opposition politician filed on Friday for an annulment of the incumbent president's re-election and claimed there had been vote-rigging and intimidation.

Republic of Congo Ends Adoption Ban

Central Africa's Republic of Congo lifted a ban on foreign adoptions Thursday, three months after it was instituted amid an uproar over attempts by a French charity to fly a planeload of children out of Chad.

Housing Pygmies at Zoo Sparks Uproar

A group of Pygmy musicians performing at an annual festival were temporarily put up in a zoo by Congolese officials, attracting tourists and prompting a protest from a human rights group.

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'Armed' chimps go wild for honey
Source: BBC News

Our awareness of tool use by non-human primates keeps improving.

No Express Service
Source: Lapham's Quarterly

The trains in Congo don't quite run on time. And they have a few other problems.

Woman Dies After Falling Into Volcano
Source: Reuters

A Chinese tourist who fell into the crater of a volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has died, a scientist at a local research centre said on Saturday.

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