Nima Elbagir

Nima Elbagir is an award-winning senior international correspondent for CNN based in London. She was named the 2020 Royal Television Society ‘Television Journalist of the Year’ and received the prestigious 2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards in the Investigative category for her reporting on human rights abuses. Known for her impactful investigative journalism, Elbagir has uncovered human rights abuses around the world in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya and Sudan. She has reported extensively from Yemen on the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis and civil war, focusing much of her investigative work on American-made weapons used by the Saudi-led coalition in deadly attacks on civilians. Most recently, Elbagir reported from Ethiopia on the ongoing assault against civilians in the Tigray region by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. Her exclusive reporting has prompted international outcry, even leading to the release of hundreds of Tigrayans from Ethiopian and Eritrean forces.