Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
He is responsible for covering the region's people, politics, and culture. In a region that vast, that means Peralta has hung out with nomadic herders in northern Kenya, witnessed a historic transfer of power in Angola, ended up in a South Sudanese prison, and covered the twists and turns of Kenya's 2017 presidential elections.
Previously, he covered breaking news for NPR, where he covered everything from natural disasters to the national debates on policing and immigration.
Peralta joined NPR in 2008 as an associate producer. Previously, he worked as a features reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a pop music critic for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, FL.
Through his journalism career, he has reported from more than a dozen countries and he was part of the NPR teams awarded the George Foster Peabody in 2009 and 2014. His 2016 investigative feature on the death of Philando Castile was honored by the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society for News Design.
Peralta was born amid a civil war in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. His parents fled when he was a kid, and the family settled in Miami. He's a graduate of Florida International University.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to David Iaconangelo of E&E News about New York City's recent ban on natural gas in new buildings and its national implications.
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Music was a buoy during the turbulent times of 2021. Here's a sampling of some meaningful tracks.
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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.
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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.
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A huge network of resistance committees has transformed public protest in Sudan, challenging the new junta.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Xavier Navarro Aquino about his debut novel, "Velorio," centered on the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
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Ethiopia prime minister Abiy Ahmed is waging war against Tigrayans in the north and stamping out dissent among ethnic Oromos in the south.
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South African scientists say the omicron variant is the most contagious to hit the country, but is causing fewer severe cases than other variants.
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South Africa's major cities are seeing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.
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South Africa's health ministry says the rate of infection is the highest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Having forced the military to install the prime minister it had ousted, pro-democracy activists in Sudan are pressing to insure civilian control.
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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.