Jason Straziuso

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UN finds 6 Sudanese bombs hit South Sudan

Jason Straziuso · July 24, 2012 1:51 pm

UN report cites massive corruption in Somali gov’t

Jason Straziuso · July 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Dehydration deaths: Refugees in S.Sudan need water

Jason Straziuso · June 18, 2012 4:19 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, June 7, 2012, Abshir Ali Mohamed, a defector from the Somali militant group al-Shabab who is now fighting with Somali government forces alongside the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, receives a call from his former al-Shabab commander Sheik Mustaf, while speaking to the media at the AU base in Elasha Biyaha on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 7, 2012. Somali military and government leaders say Mohamed's defection is an example of a trend growing in their favor, with the East African country's most notorious militant group losing manpower and ground. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

Militants defecting to Somali side after losses

Jason Straziuso · June 15, 2012 9:41 am

In this photo taken Friday, June 8, 2012, Abdikhafar Abubakar prepares to board a plane back to Minneapolis after returning to Mogadishu to visit his mother for the first time in decades, at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the better part of a year and Somalis who fled decades of war are coming back, as are U.N. workers who long operated out of Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

Mogadishu is losing ‘Most Dangerous City’ label

Jason Straziuso · June 13, 2012 5:32 pm

Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, gestures as he addresses the foreign journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Odinga said that Kenyan forces are preparing for a "final onslaught" on the Somali port town of Kismayo, which is controlled by al-Shabab militants, and Odinga said that they are seeking U.S. and European assistance to aid in the planned operation. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

Kenya seeking US aid for attack on al-Shabab town

Jason Straziuso · June 12, 2012 9:51 am

Cell phone video shows burning of Sudan village

Jason Straziuso · June 11, 2012 4:10 pm