Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
He is responsible for covering the region's people, politics, and culture. In a region that vast, that means Peralta has hung out with nomadic herders in northern Kenya, witnessed a historic transfer of power in Angola, ended up in a South Sudanese prison, and covered the twists and turns of Kenya's 2017 presidential elections.
Previously, he covered breaking news for NPR, where he covered everything from natural disasters to the national debates on policing and immigration.
Peralta joined NPR in 2008 as an associate producer. Previously, he worked as a features reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a pop music critic for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, FL.
Through his journalism career, he has reported from more than a dozen countries and he was part of the NPR teams awarded the George Foster Peabody in 2009 and 2014. His 2016 investigative feature on the death of Philando Castile was honored by the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society for News Design.
Peralta was born amid a civil war in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. His parents fled when he was a kid, and the family settled in Miami. He's a graduate of Florida International University.
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Lawyers for Paul Rusesabagina, who is portrayed as a hero in the film Hotel Rwanda, say their client faces cruel treatment in custody in Rwanda. Rusesabagina is facing terrorism charges.
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Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda as the hero who saved fellow Rwandans during the 1994 genocide, has been arrested and charged by his government with terrorism.
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Health authorities have declared the African continent free of the wild poliovirus — no cases have been reported there in four years.
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While the Islamic State group has receded from the headlines out of Syria and Iraq, fighters claiming ISIS affiliation have seized a strategic port in Mozambique.
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Called dawa and sold by street vendors, the concoctions have become so popular that they've driven up the price of lemons and limes. -
In West Africa, the president of Mali has been ousted by a military coup — following months of protests. He officially resigned, surrounded by troops.
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused a demand for certain items: from toilet paper to masks. In Kenya, it's lemons.
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South Africa — once a model for an effective coronavirus response — is now the country with the fifth-largest caseload in the world.
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A look around the globe shows other countries - Brazil, South Africa, Iraq - are in turmoil as the relentless coronavirus pandemic takes its toll.
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Sudan has upended decades of strict Islamist governance by spiking apostasy laws and making female genital mutilation illegal. In addition, it will allow non-Muslims to drink alcohol.
