Nita Bhalla

1 month ago | context.news | Nita Bhalla

What’s the context? Sudanese women and children suffer brunt of conflict as it rages into its third year. NAIROBI - As Sudan's civil war escalates into its third year, women and girls are bearing the brunt of the crisis. Displaced, vulnerable and targeted, they are facing unprecedented levels of sexual violence, warn aid workers. Sudanese women were at the forefront of the 2019 revolution that led to the ousting of president Omar al-Bashir, who took power in 1989.

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Nita Bhalla

Nairobi — What's the context? The head of the Practical Action charity in Sudan says USAID cuts have left communities without power and water during Ramadan. With more than 30 years experience as a humanitarian worker in Sudan, Muna Eltahir thought she had seen it all. The northeastern African nation has in recent years witnessed mass public protests and coups and is embroiled in an almost two-year civil war which has pitted the Sudanese army against rebel Rapid Support Forces.

1 month ago | context.news | Nita Bhalla

What’s the context? The head of the Practical Action charity in Sudan says USAID cuts have left communities without power and water during Ramadan. NAIROBI - With more than 30 years experience as a humanitarian worker in Sudan, Muna Eltahir thought she had seen it all. The northeastern African nation has in recent years witnessed mass public protests and coups and is embroiled in an almost two-year civil war which has pitted the Sudanese army against rebel Rapid Support Forces.

2 months ago | jp.reuters.com | Bukola Adebayo |Nita Bhalla |Kim Harrisberg

２０２０年３月、新型コロナウイルス感染症（ＣＯＶＩＤ－１９）が「パンデミック」（世界的な大流行）であると宣言された際、国際社会はアフリカに関して悲観的な予測を立てていたが――。写真は２０２０年４月、南アフリカのダーバン近郊で感染抑制のため、戸別訪問での検査中に子どもらに手洗いの方法を教える医療従事者（２０２５年 ロイター/Rogan Ward） ［ラゴス／ナイロビ／ヨハネスブルク １１日 トムソン・ロイター財団］ - ２０２０年３月、新型コロナウイルス感染症（ＣＯＶＩＤ－１９）が「パンデミック」（世界的な大流行）であると宣言された際、国際社会はアフリカに関して悲観的な予測を立てていた。財源不足で設備の整わない医療体制が崩壊し、数百万人が死亡するだろうと。 同年４月、国連アフリカ経済委員会は、パンデミックの直接的な結果としてアフリカでは最大３３０万人が命を落とす可能性があると発表した。 ５年たった今、世界保健機構（ＷＨＯ）のデータによれば、アフリカで記録された新型コロナによる死者は１７万５５００人超にとどまった。世界全体の死亡者数７００万人の２．５％にすぎない。...

2 months ago | allafrica.com | Nita Bhalla

Millions of people in Somalia are again going hungry but what is driving recurrent food insecurity in the Horn of Africa? NAIROBI - Nearly one in five people are going hungry in Somalia largely due to a drought, the latest in a series of hunger crisis to have plagued the country in recent decades, said the world's main hunger monitor. Here is what you need to know:What is happening in Somalia?