Nita Bhalla

South Asia Correspondent


Nita Bhalla covers disasters and conflicts, development, womens rights, climate change and governance. She is a former Reuters political and general news correspondent and has worked in India, east and southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region. Nita started her career in 1999 with the BBC in Ethiopia.

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Kenya's forest communities face eviction from ancestral lands
Kenya to probe rise in violence against women during pandemic
Protect nature, climate to avert future pandemics, countries told
40,000 people forcefully evicted in East Africa during coronavirus
Africa's unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19
Ugandans join global push to rename colonial-era landmarks
Red Cross fears coronavirus spread in Somalia's displaced camps
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Coronavirus threatens Kenya goal to end female genital mutilation
Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence
Hope 'shattered' for Kenya's forest people after landmark ruling
Coronavirus restrictions amplifies risks to LGBT+ people with HIV
Artist Juliani stages online concert to show coronavirus divide
First war, now COVID-19 threatens South Sudanese in crowded camp
Forced evictions leave Kenyan slum dwellers at risk of virus
Workers mauled by pandemic shock to wildlife reserves, parks
Sudan makes female genital cutting a crime in 'new era' for women'
Kenyan court refuses to lift ban on acclaimed lesbian romance film