Anders Kelto

Anders Kelto was "PRI's The World’s" Africa Correspondent, based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Africa CorrespondentAnders Kelto was PRI's The World’s Africa correspondent, formerly based in Cape Town, South Africa. His primary focus is on health and development, and he also covers breaking news, politics, and culture. He has reported on everything from medical circumcision in rural South Africa, to media reforms in Zimbabwe, to discrimination against HIV-positive pregnant women in Kenya, to the disappearance of traditional names in Ethiopia.

Students watch an immersive video at the 'Forced From Home' exhibit run by the international medical group Doctors Without Borders

At this new exhibit, you can feel what it’s like to be a refugee

Conflict

It’s hard to imagine the life of a refugee. A new exhibit from Doctors Without Borders hopes to make it easier.

Mexico's Scott Hairston (14) is out at second base as South Africa's Anthony Phillips throws to first base during the first inning of their World Baseball Classic game in Mexico City March 9, 2009.

Major League Baseball hopes that Africa’s got talent

Sports
Thuli Madonsela

South Africans find a new hero in the fight against corruption

Global Politics
Thuli Madonsela

South Africans find a new hero in the fight against corruption

Global Politics
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Malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa are not getting the life-saving drugs they need

Health & Medicine
Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria

Health & Medicine

Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.

Conrad Koch

A white comedian and his black puppet help South Africans talk about race

Arts, Culture & Media

Conrad Koch is a white South African comedian with a black puppet, whose comedy often touches on race. But as one critic recently asked, is this performance just a modern form of blackface?Conrad Koch is a white South African comedian with a black puppet, whose comedy often touches on race. But as one critic recently asked, is this performance just a modern form of blackface?

Frank and Miriam Kuseni are gospel artists based in Lilongwe, Malawi. They were forced to stop selling their CDs on the street.

Malawi’s campaign against music piracy is trapping its own musicians

Arts, Culture & Media

Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.

Notebook

Scarred by childbirth, mothers are finding help to heal and start over

Health & Medicine

Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.

Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court in 2013.

South Africans search for a moral in the tragic tale of Oscar Pistorius

Conflict & Justice

Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee athlete who runs on high-tech blades, is about to go on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Many in his country view the tragic case as a morality tale. But what, exactly, is the moral?