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Ian Birrell

  • Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more
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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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Africa’s leaders look to move beyond control and charity of aid

Published by UnHerd (7th December, 2017) Few people are in better position to observe the pace of political change across... Read Full Article

The Crocodile shows his teeth

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2017) So farewell then, Robert Mugabe. The situation in Zimbabwe remains fluid after... Read Full Article

Will Mugabe’s hated wife be the tyrant’s downfall?

Published by The Daily Mail (15th November, 2017) With tanks on the streets of Zimbabwe and enemies at the gates... Read Full Article

The backlash over Mugabe was hypocrisy

Published by The Times (24th October, 2017) Robert Mugabe has held Zimbabwe in his vice-like grip for 37 years while... Read Full Article

Why does Rwanda still get British aid?

Published by The Times (31st August, 2017) Diane Rwigara is a brave woman. Her industrialist father died in what she... Read Full Article

Trump is debasing democracy the world over

Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was... Read Full Article

‘Donor darling’ despot falsifies poverty numbers and sends hitmen to Britain

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd July, 2017) Emmanuel Gasakure could have enjoyed a comfortable life as a cardiologist... Read Full Article

Wayne Rooney and the new frontier

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th July, 2017) When the vice-president of Tanzania heard Everton were planning to play... Read Full Article

Every horror imaginable

Published by The Spectator (3rd June, 2017) A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with My Daughter from Boko Haram... Read Full Article

Who’s laughing now? The BBC should not promote aid

Published by CapX (24th March, 2017) So here we go again: Red Nose Day has arrived with japes, high jinks... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA Wuhan Xi Jinping

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