East Africa

A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, northeastern Kenya, April 28. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to dozens of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people, according to the United Nations.

As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

6:17pm May 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

A man holds national flags of Eritrea (left) and Ethiopia as he waits for the arrival of Eritrea's president at the airport in Gondar, nothern Ethiopia, in November.

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Will Ethiopia's Democratic Awakening Catch On Next Door In Eritrea?

7:55am December 08, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

Ethiopia has stunned the world with its reforms. Eritreans face steep challenges if they want to follow suit.

Lawyers for the opposition politician Miguna Miguna wait for a hearing to begin at Kenya's High Court in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday.

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Inside A Kenyan Courtroom, A Deepening Political Crisis Is On Display

2:26pm February 07, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

Since the opposition leader declared himself president a week ago, the Kenyan government has essentially suspended constitutional order, ignoring rulings from a powerful court.

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NPR's Eyder Peralta Released After Brief Detainment In South Sudan

6:33pm May 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The East Africa correspondent and his South Sudanese assistant were placed in custody on Friday for reasons that remain unclear. He was released Monday morning, while his assistant remains detained.

The culprit is believed to be a vervet monkey (though not this particular one, photographed in 2012 in Kenya's Maasai Mara).

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Hapless Monkey Single-Handedly Triggers Nationwide Blackout In Kenya

3:04pm June 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A monkey stumbled into the largest hydropower station in East Africa and managed to set off a chain reaction that caused a countrywide blackout lasting more than three hours.

The coffin of Theogene Niyondiko, who was shot dead by police during an opposition demonstration last Friday, is carried in Burundi's capital Bujumbura on Tuesday. Protesters have been demonstrating against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who plans to run fo

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The Trouble That's Brewing In Burundi

12:35am June 10, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Protesters are marching against the president's plan for a third term. Some 100,000 refugees have fled. The fear is that one of the world's poorest countries could slip back into civil war.

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