Priest brutally murdered in DR Congo
February 21, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: A priest was brutally murdered on February 16 in Botemola, a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mai-Ndombe Province, the Vatican newspaper reported.
The body of Father Jules Bontone Nkaa Yulu, “killed shortly after mediating a conflict in a nearby village, was found headless on a road regularly used by locals,” according to the report. “The province of Maï-Ndombe has been plagued by insecurity for over three years due to the activities of the Mobondo militia, in the conflict between the Yaka and Teke communities.”
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