Nima Elbagir CNN Bio, Age, Height, Education, Family, Marital Status, Net Worth

Nima Elbagir Biography

Nima Elbagir is a 45 years old Sudanese Journalist and a current employee of CNN who serves as Chief International Investigative correspondent based in London. Formerly, she was working for UK Channel 4 News as a reporter since 2005 to the time she joined CNN.

Quick Facts of Nima Elbagir

• She speaks fluent Arabic and English
• She is a mother to a son named Ali
• She is wife to Mark Britt
• She is 45 years old
• She Joined CNN in 2011 and has been in Journalism since 2005
• She is was born in Sudan

 

Nima Elbagir Age

As of 2023 Elbagir is 45 years old as she was born on 20 June 1978. She is a Sudan National and hails from Khartoum. Her sun sign is cancer and holds Sudanese heritage.

Nima Elbagir’s Height

She is quite tall in appearance as she stands on height of 6 feet 3 inches tall.

Nima Elbagir Education

The journalist spent her childhood both in Sudan and in United Kingdom which made her attend schools in both places. After high school she joined London School of Economics to study Philosophy from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Nima Elbagir Family

Elbagir was born in Khartoum, Sudan a daughter to Ahmed Abdullah Elbagir and Ibtisam Affan. Her father Ahmed worked as a journalist and was jailed before her birth and her mother was the first publisher in Sudan. At the age of 3, her family relocated to Unite Kingdom and went back to Sudan when she was 8. Moreover, the spent six years in Sudan and headed back to United Kingdom. She has a younger sister named Yousra.

Nima Elbagir’s Marital Status

She is married to the love of her life Mark Britt and they share a son named Ali

Nima Elbagir Net Worth

As of 2024, Elbagir’s net worth ranges from $1 million to $5 million.

Career

The Sudan native began her career in December 2002 working for Reuters as a reporter based in Sudan until 2005 when she left for More4 News, a UK television Channel to work as a freelance reporter. Later she worked at UK’s Channel 4 since 2005 until joining CNN.

CNN hired Elbagir in 2011 as a Johannesburg based correspondent, and after working there for some time she was made the Nairobi based correspondent. On January 2022, she became the network’s Chief International Investigative correspondent based in London.

Throughout her career, she has won multiple awards including Alfred I. DuPont Award, Courage in Journalism Award, and Excellence in International reporting Award, George Polk Award and more.