- Sudarsan Raghavan
- Staff Writer
Sudarsan Raghavan is The Washington Post’s Africa bureau chief. Previously, he was based in Madrid and reported from the Middle East and Europe. From August 2006 to April 2009, he covered the Iraq war and was The Post’s Baghdad bureau chief. He joined the paper in 2005 after working at Knight Ridder, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Newsweek. Raghavan has reported from more than 50 countries and 20 conflict zones on five continents. His professional honors include the George Polk Award, three Overseas Press Club Awards and the Livingston Award for international reporting. This is his third posting in Africa.
Blast in Yemeni capital underscores al-Qaeda branch’s reach
Suicide attack that kills at least 90 comes as militants, U.S.-backed government wage battle.
Outside Sanaa, a struggle for influence grips the new Yemen
A contest for influence is playing out between loyalists of former president Saleh and his longtime opponents.
In foiled bomb plot, AQAP took Saudi bait
Saudi informant was one of many operatives sent into Yemen over the past two years with Western passports and other documents designed to attract the attention of the terrorist group.
Bombmaker represents CIA’s worst fears
Saudi native is seen as an ingenious terrorist determined to attack America.
- Militants storm Yemen military base; U.S. strike said to kill al-Qaeda figure
- South Sudan civilians are trapped in conflict over oil
- Kenya grenade attack kills at least 1, injures more than a dozen in Nairobi church
- South Sudan’s president visits China during crisis
- Sudanese warplanes bomb town in South Sudan
- South Sudan to withdraw from disputed town
- Sudanese president threatens war against South Sudan over oil field
- Land of mangoes and Joseph Kony
