Kinshasa — News that Swahili has been adopted as one of the African Union's working languages has been well received in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nearly half the population speaks ...

Diane Mbombo-Tite speaks five languages: French, Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba and English. She dreams in French. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, her mother spoke to her father in ...

GALESBURG — The city of Galesburg will hold its very first Lipanda Day, a celebration focused on Congolese “culture and integration,” on Saturday, July 2. The event will take place from 2-6 p.m. in ...

This year, he's finally back to where he was in the Congo. At Yankee Ridge, which hosts a French-English dual language program, he teaches French grammar to children from a variety of grades. He's ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Inside the distribution center at Galls, there’s a constant cacophony of sound thanks to sewing and embroidery machines humming along. But head upstairs each Wednesday and ...

It's hard to watch the students learning to dance in the small Binghampton church without smiling. The room is dark, and the lack of strong central air conditioning makes it a little hot. But the ...

BBC Sport looks at the England-raised former DR Congo defender who speaks eight languages and his role in recruiting European ...