Eyder Peralta
Stories
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Health
As Kenya Keeps Schools Shut, Teen Pregnancies Are Rising
The country's schools are closed until January as the coronavirus surges. Meanwhile, officials say there's an increase in underage expecting mothers.
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Health
Kenyan Health Workers Manage COVID-19, HIV In Nairobi
An HIV outreach worker makes the rounds in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, checking that clients are taking their medication and doing what they can to protect themselves against the coronavirus.
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World
Thousands Take To The Streets In Ethiopia After The Killing Of A Popular Singer
The killing of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a popular singer and activist, Monday has unleashed violent protests in Ethiopia. It has also brought a simmering political crisis to a boil.
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Business
Countries Balance Needed Tourism With Coronavirus Concerns
Nations that are heavily dependent on tourism are trying to walk a fine line between the need to reopen their beaches and resorts and the risk of importing more cases of the coronavirus.
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World
Kenya's Police Are Notorious. Few People Are Protesting
Kenya's notoriously brutal police force has acted with impunity since colonial times. It was founded by the British who ruled Kenya, but is now funded and trained by the United States.
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World
In Africa, Colonial-Era Statues Began Coming Down Decades Ago
The current wave of the U.S. protests bringing down Confederate monuments has echoes in African social movements toppling statues of colonial rulers.
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Health
Tanzania's President Blames Fake Positive Tests In The Spike In Coronavirus Cases
Tanzania's president John Magufuli, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, is denying a spike in the country's coronavirus cases, claiming that positive COVID-19 tests are fake.
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Arts & Life
Under Lockdown, A Nigerian Poet Encourages Others To Find 'Own Truth' In Poetry
A Nigerian poet under coronavirus lockdown searches for African poetry to give meaning to the moment.
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Uganda Cracks Down On Dissidents During Pandemic
Uganda's government has used the coronavirus as a pretext to arrest dissidents, including a novelist whose fiction satirizes its strongman president.
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World
Lockdown Ordered In Zimbabwe, Where The Economy And Health Care Already Suffer
Zimbabwe's economy and health care system collapsed long before the coronavirus hit. The current lockdown has dealt the country yet one more blow.