Eyder Peralta

In Kenya, police fired tear gas and bullets on demonstrators in slums around Nairobi. Kenya's commission on human rights says at least 24 people have been killed since Tuesday's presidential vote.

The election commission in Kenya says President Uhuru Kenyatta has won a second term, after his opponent disputed protested what he claimed was voter fraud.

Kenya's presidential challenger is digging into his claim of massive voter fraud during this week's election. Election monitors have praised the polls as free and fair. Kenyan election officials dismiss the allegations of vote rigging as unfounded. But the claim is stirring deadly tension in the East African nation.

At least five people have been killed after riots broke out in Kenya following Tuesday's election. Presidential challenger Raila Odinga claimed there was massive voter fraud.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has struck a different tone than the president over a potential conflict with North Korea. Also, we look at the mood in Guam after threats from North Korea.

Unofficial results in Kenya's presidential election put the incumbent in the lead by a healthy margin and his challenger is claiming fraud. Opposition leader Raila Odinga is claiming an elaborate hacking scheme that involves last week's torture and murder of a top election official. The election commission says it will investigate the charge.

Kenyans voted for their next president in an election overshadowed by ethnic tensions. A disputed vote a decade ago resulted in 1,200 deaths as tribal allegiances resulted in bloodletting.

Kenyans are choosing between their current president Uhuru Kenyatta and the perennial opposition figure Raila Odinga in what is likely the last breath of a rivalry born at independence

Kenyan democracy — often accompanied by violence — is tested Tuesday with elections for president and parliament. The president faces a longtime rival over issues including corruption and the economy.

Kenya will hold elections for president this Tuesday. Amid the campaigning, many Kenyans are anxious about their future. The country has a history of electoral violence.

Paul Kagame has led Rwanda for 17 years and won re-election Friday. Many consider him a national hero for ending a genocide. But he's ruled with an iron fist and silenced all opposition.

Paul Kagame will almost surely be re-elected on Friday. But the towering figure who brought order to the country also has instilled fear in those who might speak out against him.

Rwanda is not exactly the kind of set you might imagine for a romantic comedy. But one filmmaker is dreaming of laughing and falling in love in a country still living in the shadow of genocide.

Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

For two decades the U.S. imposed trade and financial sanctions on Sudan, saying it was responsible for carrying out a genocide. The move to lift sanctions was initiated by the Obama administration.

It's a national holiday commemorating the day in 1994 when the killing stopped, marking the end of a 100-day genocide that left nearly a million Rwandans dead.

There's another country that marks July 4: the African nation of Rwanda. July 4 was named the day the killing stopped in 1994, marking an end to a 100-day genocide that killed nearly 1 million people.

NPR's East Africa correspondent Eyder Peralta was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

Fighting in South Sudan has led to violence and famine throughout the country and has spawned the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world.

NPR's Eyder Peralta was recently jailed in South Sudan as he tried to report on the war-torn country. He talks about his experience, and the country's ongoing civil war.