Congolese soldiers clashed with rebel fighters for the first time in nearly six months on Monday near the city of Goma, just days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern borderlands....

Jonglei State Assembly Speaker Peter Chol Wal has congratulated the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) for recapturing Boma town adding that falling of Boma to rebels was a threat to the nation and the rebel groups should be cleared from…