Anders Kelto

Africa Correspondent

Anders 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.

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Conflict

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

The World

October 21, 2016

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

Sports

Major League Baseball hopes that Africa's got talent

The World

October 20, 2016

Major League Baseball is filled with players from Latin America and the Caribbean. Now it's searching for prospects in Africa.

Global Politics

South Africans find a new hero in the fight against corruption

The World

May 06, 2014

Many South Africans are frustrated with politicians who line their pockets at the public's expense. But now, the country has a new champion in the anti-corruption fight — and her work could influence national elections.

Health & Medicine

An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria

The World

May 05, 2014

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.

Health & Medicine

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

The World

April 30, 2014

A research study last year showed that a simple antibiotic can reduce a severely malnourished child's chances of dying by nearly 40 percent. But getting that antibiotic to the children who need it is easier said than done.

Arts, Culture & Media

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

The World

April 24, 2014

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?

Health & Medicine

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

The World

March 24, 2014

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.

Arts, Culture & Media

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

The World

March 18, 2014

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.

Conflict & Justice

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

The World

February 28, 2014

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?

Health & Medicine

How ‘secret mothers’ make childbirth safer

The World

February 23, 2014

In the African nation of Malawi, women often hide their pregnancies, a practice that can endanger their health. One village chief aims to end this culture of silence.

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