Officials say the death toll from the crash of a Boeing 737 that went down over a village in Congo has risen to seven.

A Boeing 737 on a test flight crashed southeast of Congo’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least three people, officials said.

A provincial governor says a plane has crashed southeast of Congo’s capital. There is no word on casualties or whether it is a cargo or passenger plane.

Authorities in eastern Congo have saved a baby gorilla from an animal trafficker who took it inside a plane hidden in a bag.

Uganda began withdrawing troops hunting brutal Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in neighboring Congo after the deadline for them to there expired Sunday, a Ugandan army spokesman said .

Zamuda Sikujuwa shuffles to a bench in the sunshine, pushes apart her thighs with a grimace of pain and pumps her fist up and down in a lewd-looking gesture to show how the militiamen shoved an automatic rifle inside her.

Some beat their heads against the wall until doctors inject them with tranquilizers. Others remain mute for days, their eyes darting around like frightened animals.

Thousands of Rwandan troops have departed neighboring Congo following an unusual joint military operation but Rwanda’s president said Sunday it wasn’t the end of cooperation between the former enemies.

The U.N. chief on Saturday called for close collaboration between Congo’s government and the U.N.’s beleaguered peacekeeping mission there, but said its mandate is to support, not substitute for, action by Congolese authorities.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark on a wide-ranging African tour next week in a bid to shore up Congo’s struggling peacekeeping mission, show support for victims of war in Congo and Rwanda and press for progress on climate change.