Los Angeles Times

Congolese customs worker refused a bribe to give spoiled rice to the poor. He is beatified by Vatican

ROME — The Vatican has beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a place with endemic corruption a new model of holiness: someone who refused to ...
The Independent

An attack on a Congolese church killed nearly 40 worshippers. Here's what to know

Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo's Ituri province when rebels stormed a Catholic church during a vigil and opened fire on worshippers, including many women and children. At least ...
CNN

‘Everything he is saying isn’t true’: Congolese governments denounce Trump’s baseless stories about emptied prisons

There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of ...
NPR

Massacres in eastern Congo cast doubt on U.S. mediated peace deal

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Rwandan backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 141 villagers in July, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, despite hopes that President ...
U.S. News & World Report

An Attack on a Congolese Church Killed Nearly 40 Worshippers. Here's What to Know

An Attack on a Congolese Church Killed Nearly 40 Worshippers. Here's What to Know LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo's Ituri province when rebels stormed a ...