- 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
- Clashes in Yemen highlight ongoing tensions months after president’s ouster
- Malawi’s Joyce Banda ushers in a new kind of African leadership
- In Niger, hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages
- 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’
- Outside Sanaa, a struggle for influence grips the new Yemen
- In foiled bomb plot, AQAP took bait dangled by Saudi informant
- Al-Qaeda bombmaker represents CIA’s worst fears
- 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
- In Africa, U.S. troops moving slowly against Joseph Kony and his militia
- Weakened LRA still terrorizes villagers
- China in a tug of war between two Sudans
- In violence between Sudan and South Sudan, ‘echoes of Darfur’
- Inside Yemen’s revolution, cracks appear as Saleh leaves
- Yemen’s new president sworn in as car bomb kills at least 25
- Yemeni air force officers protest, in sign of coming struggle
- In Yemen, uncontested presidential vote on Feb. 21 masks tension over Saleh successor
- Web site strives to fight corruption in Kenya
- U.N. declares end to Somalia famine but warns crisis not over
- In South Sudan, a wave of tribal killings tests fragile independence
- In restive Yemeni city, a local strongman rules
- In Yemen's political crisis, children pay the highest price
- Militants create haven in southern Yemen
- Yemeni leader’s request for U.S. visa still in flux
- For Yemeni women, the future looks uncertain
- Khalil Ibrahim, powerful Darfur rebel leader, reported killed in Sudan
- Yemeni president hands over power, but little changes
- Congo elections to unfold under a cloud of unrest and controversy
- In Kenya, Somalis become casualties of Africa's latest war
- Warring factions divide Yemen’s capital
- Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, in conversation
- Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee win Nobel Peace Prize
- Despite death of Awlaki, U.S.-Yemen relations strained
- Yemeni al-Qaeda took a blow but remains a threat to U.S.
- Awlaqi hit misses al-Qaeda bombmaker, Yemen says
- Saleh says he won’t step down until rivals are out
- Yemen’s defense minister escapes attack
- Saleh addresses nation, calls for Yemen elections
- After Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh returns, violence and tensions escalate
- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh makes unexpected return from Saudi Arabia
- In Mogadishu, an enemy retreats but fear remains
- Fire in Nairobi slum kills scores of people
- Somalia’s biggest famine in decades claiming the smallest of victims first
- U.N. says famine is spreading in Somalia
- In Yemen’s struggles, signs of tribal clout
- Somalis walk for days as famine pushes war-racked nation deeper into abyss
- Somalis flee famine along ‘roads of death’
- U.N.: Famine in Somalia is killing tens of thousands
- In Yemen, tribal militias flex muscles
- In Yemen, violence fuels economic collapse
- In Yemen, a vice president in the hot seat
- Huge protests across Yemen demand political change
- Yemen’s opposition meets with acting president
- Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen
- Alleged plotter of 1998 embassy attacks is killed
- Saleh’s relatives retain much power in Yemen
- Yemeni activists press government to abandon Saleh
- Youth and activists pledge to launch their own transitional presidential council if Saleh isn’t ousted
- Yemeni crowds celebrate after president transfers power, flies to Saudi Arabia
- Libyan rebels in a fight they don’t control
- Libyans ‘robbed our own bank’ to fund uprising
- U.S. invites Libyan rebel council to open D.C. office
- Libyan rebels accused of reprisal attacks
- In Benghazi, growing vigilantism amid fear and unease
- Al-Qaeda affiliates poised to produce new leaders
- Yemen’s president agrees to resign in tentative deal
- In Yemen, anger from activists over U.S. policy
- Regime targeted Yemen general, cable says
- Yemeni leader Saleh determined to set the terms of his exit
- Yemen security forces kill protesters
- Yemen security forces kill protesters
- Huge crowds turn out for and against Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Yemen’s future hinges on its two most powerful men
- Yemen crisis intensifies with factory explosion
- Saleh’s intentions unclear after report that he is ready to step down as president of Yemen
- In Yemen, onetime foes united in opposing President Saleh
- Pressure for Yemen’s Saleh to step down builds
- Saleh’s political problems threaten hunt for U.S.-born radical cleric Aulaqi
- U.S. jet crashes in Libya, pilots survive, as Gaddafi’s forces dig in
- Libyan rebels launch offensive; coalition continues pounding Gaddafi’s forces
- On a Libyan field, allied airstrikes bring destruction and hope
- Benghazi, Libyan rebels’ stronghold, hit by artillery and rocket fire
- In Libya, Gaddafi’s forces dig into populated areas
- France fires first shots against Libya after Gaddafi’s forces enter Benghazi
- Obama demands pull-back of Libyan troops; Tripoli declares cease-fire
- Libyans brace for Gaddafi offensive in rebel stronghold of Benghazi
- On Libya's front line, determination and fear
- In Libya, Gaddafi’s tanks split rebel forces
- Rebel council seeks to transform Libya
- Gaddafi forces push deeper into rebel-held territory
- In Libya, an underground jail a daunting reminder of Moammar Gaddafi’s grip
- Dozens of African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia clashes
- Outside Yemen’s capital, anger and grievances run deep
- African commission asked to take case challenging CIA ‘rendition’ program
- With hope for the future, southern Sudanese begin voting on independence referendum
- Gaddafi tightens grip on Libyan capital as rebels swiftly advance west
- Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors
- New clashes reported in Tripoli; U.S. citizens to evacuate
- Gaddafi loyalists launch attacks against civilians as conflict in Libya escalates
- Yemen's president rejects demands to step down
- Gaddafi vows to 'die as a martyr,' refuses to relinquish power
- Yemen's president rejects demands to step down
- Arab leaders use varying tactics to try to calm anger in the streets
- Military helicopters reportedly fire on protesters in Libya
- Yemen's unrest could embolden al-Qaeda - or sideline it amid democratic hopes
- Yemen's unrest could embolden al-Qaeda - or sideline it amid democratic hopes
- In Yemen, government loyalists harden their attacks on protesters
- In Yemen, Arab unrest takes a violent turn
- In Yemen, Arab unrest takes a violent turn
- A new sense of populist empowerment grips the Middle East
- More protests in Yemen, Bahrain as populist empowerment grips the Middle East
- Violence punctuates Yemen protests; demonstrators crowd square in Bahrain
- 6th day of unrest in Yemen; more protests in Libya and Bahrain
- In Yemen, female activist strives for an Egypt-like revolution
- Clashes erupt in Yemen between pro- and anti-government protesters
- In Yemen, female activist strives for an Egypt-like revolution
- Egypt's generals impose martial law
- Egypt's army demands end to strikes; opposition vows to push for change
- Egyptians focus their attention on recovering the nation's money
- Egyptians focus their attention on recovering the nation's money
- Laid-back attitude leavens the revolution
- Laid-back attitude leavens the revolution
- Anti-government rallies in Yemen stay calm
- Anti-government rallies in Yemen stay calm
- Yemen's president moves to head off unrest, vows to leave office in 2013
- In Yemen, calls for revolution but many hurdles
- In Yemen, calls for revolution but many hurdles
- Regime's excesses on display inside Tunisian mansion
- In Tunisia, luxurious lifestyles of a corrupt government
- Arab unrest spreads as thousands protest in Yemen
- Inspired by Tunisia and Egypt, Yemenis join in anti-government protests
- In Tunisia, a warm embrace of fresh freedoms
- In Tunisia, freedom blossoms
- A lost generation rises up
- A lost generation of young people of Tunisia discuss grievances that led to their revolution
- Tunisians call for officials to resign
- Tunisia protesters demand that more government officials resign
- Clashes erupt in Tunisia as government fractures
- Tunisia's prime minister unveils coalition government
- A Sudanese 'lost boy' brings his dreams home
- For one of Sudan's 'Lost Boys,' secession vote is full of hope, responsibility
- Yemen’s secessionists emboldened by turmoil
