Eyder Peralta

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a demand for certain items: from toilet paper to masks. In Kenya, it's lemons.

South Africa — once a model for an effective coronavirus response — is now the country with the fifth-largest caseload in the world.

A look around the globe shows other countries - Brazil, South Africa, Iraq - are in turmoil as the relentless coronavirus pandemic takes its toll.

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.

The country has more than 276,000 cases, surpassing Italy, Spain and other hard-hit nations. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the worst is yet to come.

The country's schools are closed until January as the coronavirus surges. Meanwhile, officials say there's an increase in underage expecting mothers.

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.

A growing middle class became a symbol of progress on the African continent. But the pandemic has hit Kenya's middle class hard, reducing many to selling vegetables to feed their families.

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.

Just as Congo was about to celebrate the eradication of Ebola in one of the biggest ever outbreaks, the virus has cropped up elsewhere in the country.

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.

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.

The current wave of the U.S. protests bringing down Confederate monuments has echoes in African social movements toppling statues of colonial rulers.

Will the continent see a disastrous wave of cases? Or will it be spared the brunt of the pandemic? Different researchers have different theories.

A controversial WHO study predicts the coronavirus will spread differently in Africa than it has elsewhere and claim lives of 190,000 Africans — a far less dire outcome than predicted earlier.

As Kenya emerges from coronavirus lockdown, officials are rationing the amount of food and alcohol customers can order — to keep the crowds manageable and sober.

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.

A look at how Kenya, India and the United Kingdom are dealing with the issue of when and how to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.

A Nigerian poet under coronavirus lockdown searches for African poetry to give meaning to the moment.

NPR's reporter in Nairobi finds his parents connecting with his kids through TikTok. Formerly the realm of Gen Z, the app's now a family board game where Grandma and Grandpa reveal their silly selves.