Nita Bhalla

@nitabhalla

East Africa Correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Cover disaster, conflict, environment, human rights and slavery. SOPA Journalist of the Year 2017.

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2009

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    29 Nov 2018

    "This is not about women. This is not about cost. It is about the constitution that we passed."

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    's electoral commission slams Catholic Church over vote comment

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    7 hours ago

    Getting covered in oil to play a version of football with a coconut was one way to celebrate Myanmar’s Independence Day. Lovely photos from of

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    4 hours ago

    A gaming robotics genius from Nigeria, a 19-year old AI wiz from Ethiopia and a Senegalese fashion designer to Beyoncé and Jay-Z The young African innovators to watch in 2019 via

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    Dozens killed in ethnic violence in Burkina Faso

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    OPPORTUNITY: We are running a one-week workshop in for Arabic-speaking journalists based in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means Apply by Thursday 10 January:

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    3 hours ago

    has always held that FGM is illegal and against children's rights. However the fight against FGM should not affect children's rights to privacy and dignity, hence does not support FGM and pregnancy testing for school girls.

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    Need a weekend listen? In our first podcast of 2019 we talk to Nigerian activist Bisi Alimi, discuss the situation for LGBT+ refugees in the UK, and ask what's changed in India since gay sex was decriminalised

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    Zimbabwean photographer Tawanda Kanhema is so keen to show his country's natural beauties that he's spending thousands of dollars on a photography trip around Zimbabwe to then upload the photos on Google Street View 🌄🌃 Guess where he started from?➡️

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    “The Narok county commissioner’s efforts to fight in the past are to be commended, but this is not the right way. This is demeaning & violates a girl’s right to dignity & privacy," says 's by

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    "Those who think I am doing a bad thing, let them come up with an alternative proposal and we will implement that. But we cannot continue to bury our heads in the sand when the problem is festering."

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    has now experienced two weeks of violent street protests, with dozens killed. The opposition is calling for a fresh wave of protests to demand that Omar al-Bashir - in power since a 1989 coup - step down.

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    Are you a budding writer looking forward to connect with accomplished writers and seek guidance and inspiration? Join our women Writers group now!

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    6 hours ago

    The search for aid worker, Silvia Romano, has entered its second month, with government agencies urging Tana Delta residents to volunteer information on her whereabouts.

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    1795 rapes were reported in in 2018, up 22%. The has been urging victims to come forward. Mayor says "...historic underreporting is finally being addressed. I think the movement is a part of it".

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    For children of Gorakhpur. गोरखपुर के बच्चों के लिये

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    45% of U.S. gamers are female, yet women make up a very small portion of the esports player pool due to toxicity and other barriers

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    Natural disasters cost us nearly $100 billion in 2018

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