A cargo plane crashed at Brazzaville airport as it was trying to land in a storm today, killing around 20 residents and the crew, emergency services and witnesses said.

The Ilyushin plane, registered

Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo on Sunday after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and forcing thousands to flee.

A morgue in Brazzaville too

Seven people died and 30 were injured in a weekend stampede during a music festival held in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, authorities said.

A train derailed and plunged into a ravine in Congo, killing around 60 people and injuring hundreds on a deadly rail link in the oil-producing Central African state, sources said on Tuesday.