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Anders Kelto

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
Conflict
At this new exhibit, you can feel what it’s like to be a refugee
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.
Sports
Major League Baseball hopes that Africa’s got talent
Thuli Madonsela
Global Politics
South Africans find a new hero in the fight against corruption
Thuli Madonsela
Global Politics
South Africans find a new hero in the fight against corruption
Malnutrition1
Health & Medicine
Malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa are not getting the life-saving drugs they need
Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Health & Medicine
An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria
Conrad Koch
Arts, Culture & Media
A white comedian and his black puppet help South Africans talk about race
Frank and Miriam Kuseni are gospel artists based in Lilongwe, Malawi. They were forced to stop selling their CDs on the street.
Arts, Culture & Media
Malawi’s campaign against music piracy is trapping its own musicians
Notebook
Health & Medicine
Scarred by childbirth, mothers are finding help to heal and start over
Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court in 2013.
Conflict & Justice
South Africans search for a moral in the tragic tale of Oscar Pistorius
Health & Medicine
How ‘secret mothers’ make childbirth safer
SiveAnders
Development & Education
Three lessons from my year reporting on a South African high school
crf
Development & Education
School Year Blog: South African high school students learn radio reporting
Bahle
Development & Education
When graduating from high school, even top students need guidance
Sive (SEE-vay), a South African high school student, enjoys his new couch.
Development & Education
A South African teen receives an unexpected gift from America
Development & Education
Video: Learning to Succeed
Sugar Daddies Animated Film
Development & Education
This is why South African schoolgirls say ‘yes’ to sex with sugar daddies
Cooper
Development & Education
Meet the woman behind a South African high school’s success
City Hall
Lifestyle & Belief
Mandela’s death is uniting a racially-divided Cape Town, for now
Somila and Bayanda are students at COSAT, a Cape Town high school
Development & Education
South African teens — those ‘born free’ — talk about Mandela
Tutu
Global Politics
After Mandela’s death, South Africa turns to Tutu
Nelson Mandela in 2010
Global Politics
With Mandela, the unsurprising is still a shock
COSAT student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?
NASA scientist speaks at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: South African students meet a NASA scientist
COSAT student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What do South African kids think it’s like in America?
Students at COSAT shave each other's heads
Development & Education
School Year: A dress code to keep the ‘gangsters’ away
Ninth grade COSAT students work on a problem in math class.
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Why This Series?
Sapang, a tenth grader, is taking physics for the first time.
Development & Education
School Year Blog: It’s Like You Are Dying When You Are Doing Physics
Opening ceremony at COSAT
Arts, Culture & Media
School Year Blog: You Guys Just Maxed Out My Microphone With That Crazy Screaming
Three seniors perform a song at COSAT.
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Students celebrate Senior Day with musical performances
Two seniors at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: For low-income students, life after high school can be daunting
COSAT students sing national anthem.
Development & Education
Can you create a national anthem from a mashup? Here’s why South Africa did it
School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do math ridiculously fast
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do ridiculously fast math
School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class
School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened
Development & Education
School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened
Students at COSAT.
Development & Education
These South African girls are inspired by Malala, even without a Nobel Prize
Tandie chats with The World's audience on Facebook.
Development & Education
South African teen explains what it’s like to be kind of famous in America
Seniors pose at the COSAT prom
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Crashing the ultimate fashion show, a South African prom
Tandie all dressed up for the prom.
Development & Education
From the shacks to the prom, a South African girl’s night of glamour
Sive wears a hat to symbolize his transition to manhood.
Development & Education
School Year Blog: An Update on Sive, the COSAT Student Who Lost His Mother
Development & Education
Backpacks as Canvas for Self Expression for COSAT Students
Student backpacks at COSAT
Conflict & Justice
School Year Blog: When a Student Brings a Weapon to School
Should South African High Schools Distribute Free Condoms?
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Should South African High Schools Distribute Free Condoms?
Health & Medicine
Part I: Rethinking the Model Family
Conflict & Justice
Part II: Not Just a Women’s Issue
Health & Medicine
Part III: Infertile in a Land of Kids
Students at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Are South African Schools ‘Just Pushing Black Students Through The System’?
Development & Education
Mrs. Lovett’s Colorful Math Classroom
Development & Education
In Kenya, urban farming changing families’ reality
Health & Medicine
Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut
Development & Education
The Trials of Teaching: Fighting Burnout in the Classroom
Picking Up Trash for Madiba
Arts, Culture & Media
School Year Blog: Picking Up Trash for Madiba
How Many Teachers (and Toilets) is Enough?
Development & Education
School Year Blog: How Many Teachers (and Toilets) is Enough?
What Does It Take to Change South Africa's Schools?
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What Does It Take To Change South Africa’s Schools? Ask High School Students.
Development & Education
Man of the House: A Tale of Growing Up Fast
Are Standardized Tests Blocking Poor Students from Top Universities?
Development & Education
School Year Blog: Are Standardized Tests Blocking Poor Students from Top Universities?
What’s Keeping Students Up At Night?
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What’s Keeping Students Up At Night?
Corporal Punishment in South Africa
Development & Education
School Year Blog: The Boy Who Lost His Eye During a School Beating
COSAT Student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: The Lesson Can Wait; It’s Time for the Speeches
Seniors at COSAT
Arts, Culture & Media
School Year Blog: Real Men Get Circumcised, Then Wear Hilarious Hats