Nicola Kelly
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Nicola Kelly
Reporter for the BBC World Service & BBC Radio 4. Here are my stories - and some on the road stuff.
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Soundreel 2018
Here's a cut of some of my work from 2018, mostly taken from my foreign trips to Algeria, Serbia, the US, Italy and Norway. All of these clips were or...
BBC Radio 4: FooC dispatch from south-west Algeria
Here's my little story about the wonderful Zorgan Laroussi, my host and Dad for a week in south-west Algeria. I'm really fond of him, so thought I'd g...
Trailer: Fantasies, BBC World Service
Here's a quick trailer for my programme on fantasies. On air on Monday 16 April on the BBC World Service.
World Service package: Western Sahara's Champion Athlete
World Service package: Western Sahara's Champion Athlete by
Trailer: Western Sahara's Champion Athlete, BBC World Service & Radio 4
Here's the trailer for my new programme, on air in late April/early May 2018.
Trailer: Hypnotism, BBC World Service
Hypnotism: Why would anyone allow a complete stranger to access their mind?
Running live from Monday 5 February 2018 and available on the...
BBC Radio 4: Taken hostage in Ethiopia
As part of this series of 'Feedback' on Radio 4(which I'm currently producing)we've set up a regular segment on a radio report or programme that has c...
Zanzibar package: BBC Radio 4 & WS
Here's the short version of my programme on mental health in Zanzibar in case you haven't got 26 minutes free to listen to the full programme.
BBC Radio 4: Zanzibar dispatch 'From Our Own Correspondent'
Zanzibar's mental health system is on the verge of collapse. I travelled across the island and met spiritual healers making a profit from the mental t...
BBC documentary trailer: Zanzibar Spirits and Psychiatry
With only one psychiatrist and thousands of mentally-ill patients, Zanzibar is on the cusp of a mental health crisis. I travelled to the archipelago t...
On the Road: Myanmar
Back on the road, in northern Myanmar.
This was, without doubt, the most challenging trip I've ever done, but along the way, I met Naw S...
BBC Radio 4 FooC: Myanmar's Drug Vigilantes
The lives of a vigilante anti-drug squad leader, a jade mine tycoon and a heroin addict intertwine.
This was the lead dispatch on BBC Rad...
BBC World Service: Iranians in Armenia
In the past few years, Iranians have flocked to Armenia to celebrate big festivals like Nowruz, or Persian New Year. I went to meet some of them as th...
BBC 'Assignment' documentary trailer
Here's the trailer (or billboard) for my documentary from Myanmar, scheduled to run from Thursday 13 July. It has been a labour of love. Hope you enjo...
BBC Radio 4: FooC Yezidis in Armenia
When the so-called Islamic State encircled and slaughtered more than 5,000 Yezidis on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq, those who could fled. Lesser know...
BBC Business: Trading Syrian goods in Armenia
Since the conflict in Syria started, more than 20,000 native Syrian Armenians have settled in Yerevan and the surrounding areas, setting up businesses...
BBC World Service: Armenia's Yezidis
When the so-called Islamic State encircled and slaughtered over 5,000 people, those who could fled to the refugee camps in neighbouring countries.
On The Road: Armenia
Back on the road, this time in Armenia. This one is mainly Yezidis jumping through fire, me stuck in a rainstorm trying to work and a very drunk Syria...
BBC World Service: Attacks on Ultra-Orthodox Jews
In the last year, there has been a 65% increase in anti-semitic attacks against ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill community of north-east Londo...
BBC Radio 4 From Our Own Correspondent: The Nubian Protests
On the Sudanese border, old Nubia lies submerged under the largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser. More than 100,000 displaced people have be...
BBC Radio 4 From Our Home Correspondent: Syrian refugees in Glasgow
More Syrian refugees have arrived in Glasgow than any other city in the UK. But Glasgow faces it's own problem of wide-spread homelessness, with more...
BBC World Service 'Newshour': The Nubian protests
Since the damming of the Nile, more than 250,000 have been forced to leave their original homeland and move 300 kilometres north to an area called Kom...
BBC World Service News: Religious freedom in Egypt
This is a short package of my long-form documentary on religious freedom in Egypt. It ran across World Service News programmes on Friday 24 February w...
BBC World Service News: Drugged and raped in the field
In an emergency setting, aid workers and journalists are prepared for a high level of risk, but until recently, the extent to which they experience se...
BBC World Update: Interview with Megan Nobert, Geneva
Before a field posting begins, aid workers are prepared for a high level of risk. But now the threat comes from within their own ranks, with reports t...
BBC documentary trailer: Nubians of the Nile
A little trailer for my BBC World Service documentary, airing on Sunday 26 February.
For more details or to download the podcast, go to:...
BBC World Service 'Newshour': Nubia's musicians
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Photos on Twitter & Instagram: @mllenicolakelly
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On the Road: Egypt
Back on the road. This time, I'm in southern Egypt, mainly eating and going to weddings.
Work stuff to come soon.
Twitter & Instagr...
BBC World Service: two-way on elephant conservation & honey
There's a growing number of initiatives on smallholder farms in south-east Kenya that aim to prevent elephants from being poached. I met Enzoumou, a f...
Soundreel 2016
A quick round-up of some of the stories I've covered this year. Feedback would be very welcome!
Twitter: @mllenicolakelly
BBC Radio 1 'Newsbeat': Syrian refugees in Glasgow
Young Syrians arriving in the UK are in limbo. They're not allowed to work or return to education until they hear about the outcome of their asylum ap...
BBC World Service: From Syria to Scotland
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BBC World Service: honey hunting in Kenya
In the Taita Hills of south-east Kenya, honey hunting has long been a way of life. Now, new technologies are coming in.
Entrepreneurs we...
BBC World Service: motorbike midwives in Kenya
In the 'desert badlands' of Kenya's interior close to the border with Somalia, maternal mortality rates are at an all-time high.
Motorbi...
BBC World Service: Chinese 'land grabbers' in Kenya's slums
In Kenya, Chinese businesses have been investing heavily in recent years, building roads and train lines. The influx of Chinese migrant labour has led...
BBC Radio 4 'From Our Own Correspondent': Ethiopia's futurologists
Among the Borena tribe in southern Ethiopia, there are three methods for predicting the future. Communities believe that village elders have the rare...
BBC World Service: solar panels save lives in Kenya
NB: The sound quality is cringe-worthy. New mics now.
In remote rural Kenya, most hospitals and health centres work off-grid, with freque...