Eyder Peralta

A huge network of resistance committees has transformed public protest in Sudan, challenging the new junta.

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Xavier Navarro Aquino about his debut novel, "Velorio," centered on the devastation of Hurricane Maria.

Music was a buoy during the turbulent times of 2021. Here's a sampling of some meaningful tracks.

NPR's Eyder Peralta asks Isabel Araiza of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi about the terms Latinos use to identify themselves and their communities.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to epidemiologist Michael Mina about COVID-19 home tests, how to use them, and what they do and don't tell us.

Ethiopia prime minister Abiy Ahmed is waging war against Tigrayans in the north and stamping out dissent among ethnic Oromos in the south.

South African scientists say the omicron variant is the most contagious to hit the country, but is causing fewer severe cases than other variants.

South Africa's major cities are seeing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.

South Africa's health ministry says the rate of infection is the highest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Having forced the military to install the prime minister it had ousted, pro-democracy activists in Sudan are pressing to insure civilian control.

Sudan's civilian prime minister has been reinstated after having been removed from power by the country's military a month ago. But protesters aren't satisfied with the deal that was made.

A month after a military coup removed the civilian prime minister from power, he is back in office. But protests in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, continue, demanding restoration of civilian rule.

One month after the military removed Sudan's civilian prime minister from power, he has been reinstalled in his position.

The civil war in Ethiopia has roots that stretch back millennia. A great tragedy is that so many people once peripheral to the fight have been radicalized.

About one month after the Sudanese military removed the civilian prime minister from power, it now claims he is back in office. The actual circumstances are unclear.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for the preservation of democracy during his visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.

F.W. de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid-era president, has died at the age of 85. De Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993, but always remained a divisive figure.

De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, and ceded the presidency to him in 1994 after Black South Africans were allowed to vote. But he's remained a controversial figure there.

The United Nations says Ethiopian government forces have detained 16 of its humanitarian workers, and continues to prevent food aid from reaching areas of Tigray threatened with famine.

The U.S. State Department this weekend ordered all non-emergency employees and their families to leave Ethiopia. It's another sign of the worsening situation near the capital, Addis Ababa.