Congo: Scores dead in Congo munitions depot blasts
05.03.2012
More than 200 people have been killed in a series of explosions triggered by fire at a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville, according to a senior official in the presidency, citing hospital sources. Charles Zacharie Boawo, the defence minister, appeared on national television to urge calm in Brazzaville. 'The explosions that you have heard don't mean there is a war or a coup d'etat,' he said.