Linnee became AP 's Madrid bureau chief in 1982 . She was the first American woman to head a bureau for the AP in Europe . During her 14 years as Madrid Bureau chief , she led coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and worked as a correspondent in Sarajevo during the Balkans War . In 1996 , she became AP bureau chief in Nairobi . At that post , she oversaw coverage of terrorism in Somalia , Rwanda after genocide , and the 1998 embassy bombings in the region
1998 embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
Susan Linnee