Author Archives: Jason Straziuso

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen in South Sudan who targeted civilians including children and the elderly left “piles and piles” of bodies, many of them in a mosque and a hospital, the U.N.’s top humanitarian official in the country said Tuesday. Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that the ethnically […]

MALAKAL, South Sudan (AP) — The eyes of the American parents living at a United Nations camp alongside thousands of South Sudanese refugees fill with tears as they describe their options: Remain and risk another rebel assault or fly to safety, leaving behind the 10 orphans who call the couple mom and dad. For nearly […]

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The women and girls leave the main United Nations refugee camp here during the day. The men do not. To exit is to risk death, they say. Whether true or not, such claims show the level of fear that pulses through the main U.N. camp for internally displaced people here […]

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-five thousand young men who make up a tribal militia known as the “White Army” are marching toward a contested state capital in South Sudan, an official said Saturday, dimming hopes for a cease-fire. Seeking an end to the nearly two-week crisis in which an estimated 1,000 people have been […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Sean Davison’s mother, a doctor, knew she faced an impending, painful death from cancer. Not willing to endure it, she chose to end her life by not eating. That attempt, Davison said, went terribly wrong. “It went on for five weeks drinking a glass of water each day,” said Davison, a South […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death,” court documents show, as his family gravesite was restored Thursday. Mandela’s health is “perilous” and he is being kept alive by life support, according to documents filed in the court case that resulted in the remains of the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s election commission has announced final vote tallies from the country’s presidential vote, and Deputy Prime Minster appears to have won with 50.03 percent of the vote. Getting over the 50 percent mark was crucial to avoid a run-off with Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Odinga’s camp has indicated legal challenges could […]