The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...

Kinshasa, DR Congo — Pope Francis on Tuesday is expected to land in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's largest predominantly Catholic country, for a landmark three-day visit.

Before leaving Congo for South Sudan July 5, Cardinal Parolin told Vatican News his visit to Congo left him feeling "reinvigorated." "It was a beautiful and intense moment, and I believe that it ...

His visit marks the first papal trip to the country since Pope John Paul II's in 1985. Justin-Marie Bayala, a teacher who attended a recent mass at the Notre-Dame du Congo, like many, evoked high ...

Takeaways from AP visit to Congo as nation offers expanded oil drilling The central African nation of Congo is looking to expand oil and gas drilling by auctioning off 30 sites around the country.