- Sudarsan Raghavan
- Correspondent
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.
Niger struggles against Islamist militants
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the fight in a moderate swath of Africa has gained urgency.
Clashes in Yemen’s capital highlight ongoing tensions
Soldiers loyal to the former president’s son surrounded the Defense Ministry, where they battled government troops.
Malawi’s Joyce Banda ushers in a new kind of African leadership
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President Joyce Banda pulled her troubled African nation from the brink of an economic meltdown and ushered in media freedoms.
In Niger, hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages
Aid workers fear desperate families might try to marry off daughters at even earlier ages, where they are sometimes used as currency or to settle debts.
- In Niger, a clinic is an example for the continent
- Searching for the child bride: Story behind the story
- In Niger refugee camp, anger deepens against Mali's al-Qaeda-linked Islamists
- Niger resists Libyan demands for extradition of Moammar Gaddafi’s playboy son
- Kenyan officials: At least 15 killed, several injured in church attacks near Somali border
- U.S. Ambassador to Kenya J. Scott Gration resigns over ‘differences’ with Washington
- In Yemen, U.S. airstrikes breed anger, and sympathy for al-Qaeda
- Yemen bombing: ‘The ones that were in the middle and in the front were killed’
