Jason Straziuso
latest news & developments
UN ambassador outraged over Sudan bible school attack
Sudan’s military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives.
Somali famine declared over, but UN urges caution
The UN says that Somalia’s famine is over, but warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back.
Kenya on alert amid looming terror threat
Bulletins are warning of an impending assault by terrorists as Kenya’s capital increases security measures in the hope of preventing an attack.
New radios will aid the hunt of LRA militia
A US aid group is installing new high frequency radios to help track the Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal militia that US special forces are helping h
Al-Shabaab’s stranglehold on Somalia
The World Food Programme can’t reach 2.2-million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.
Riots in Uganda after Besigye booted off Kenyan flight
Uganda’s top opposition leader was kicked off a Kenya flight, prompting riots back home that police quelled with tear gas only a day before the p
MIT class studies Kenyan slum’s clinic quandary
The Rod of Asclepius is mistaken as a symbol of snake worshipping in a high quality and nearly free clinic in Kenya’s largest slum of Kibera.
Somali pirates capture supertanker, $150m of oil
Somali pirates captured a supertanker carrying an estimated $150-million worth of oil to the Gulf of Mexico.
Rwanda’s Hutus live in fear
The Rwandan refugee was walking home one night when four men jumped him and put him in a stranglehold. He lay still, pretending to be dead.
Africa fills with pride as World Cup looms
A dozen young boys stood at the edge of a football field, one that looks typically African — patchy grass at the edges, dark red dirt in the middle.
Ritual sacrifice of children on the rise in Uganda
Caroline Aya was playing in front of her house in January when a neighbour put a cloth over her mouth and fled with her.