The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people in a part of the world racked by violence a new model of holiness.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

A Congolese customs worker who resisted corruption is beatified by the Vatican The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people ...

Local officials say a Congolese soldier has shot and killed two of his colleagues while a third died of critical injuries in an altercation in the country’s east that left others wounded, local ...

Mayele Ngemba, past president of the Congolese Community of Greater Cleveland, fears for refugees trying to seek the same opportunities he has received.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region… ...

ROME — The Vatican on Sunday beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a place with endemic corruption a new model ...

GOMA, Congo -- Hundreds of stranded Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, were being transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital ...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemned to death 37 people, including three Americans, for participating in a failed putsch in May.

Congolese army tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.