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 parliament to challenge dissolution bid over lack of women
Top Kenya judge advises parliament to dissolve over lack of women
Church, anti-abortion groups seen threatening women's health bill
Uganda probes killing of 10 refugees in row with locals over water
Fear of more corona-like pandemics as land rights 'under siege'
Communities 'left out' as East Africa oil pipeline project begins
'Education emergency' as children lack remote learning
Kenya condemns women to 'death by unsafe abortion'
COVID-19 unleashes 'shadow pandemics' on Africa's girls
First pan-African virtual LGBT+ Pride event kicks off
As COVID-19 hits tourism, Kenya's Maasai find new ways to thrive
Outrage amid Somali law draft permitting child forced marriages
Kenyan freedom fighter Mekatilili wa Menza celebrated on Google
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