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Africa / Aid / Nigeria / Politics / Technology

Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria

Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. It might have taken […]

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Africa / Aid / Arts / Books

Double standards, grateful dictators

Published by The Observer (4th May, 2014) The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (Perseus) Last year I flew to Kenya to […]

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Africa / Aid / Ethiopia

Ethiopian sues Britain for giving aid to his country

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th March, 2014) An Ethiopian farmer has been given legal aid in the UK to sue Britain – because he claims millions […]

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Aid / Pakistan / World

How we pour millions into foreign flood zones

Published in The Daily Mail (12th February, 2014) While thousands of frightened and furious Britons fight to defend their homes from the rising waters this week, the biggest […]

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Aid / Economics

Bill Gates preaches the aid gospel, but is he just a hypocrite?

Published in The Guardian (January 6th, 2014) He made his name as a sharp-elbowed businessman who rode the technology revolution with such style. But these days he is […]

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Aid / Technology

Time for BBC to ditch the red noses

Published in the Daily Mail (December 9th, 2013) From the moment Comic Relief was launched in a Sudanese refugee camp on Christmas Day 28 years ago, the country’s […]

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Aid / Haiti / Philippines / Sri Lanka / World

Too often incompetent, self-serving aid agencies make matters worse

Published in the Daily Mail (November 16th, 2013) The stories are heartbreaking. Families have been ripped apart, houses flattened and communities crushed. The images of towns and cities […]

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Africa / Aid / Immigration / Nigeria / Policy / Politics

Britain’s pathetic response to the rise of a global power

Published in The Guardian (August 9th, 2013) Despite their military name, it is hard to see how an eight-strong delegation from Nigeria’s branch of the Boys’ Brigade posed […]

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Aid

Hideous hypocrisy of the charity fat cats

Published in The Daily Mail (August 7th, 2013) Our overseas aid charities work hard to persuade people to hand over their cash. Whether paying for commercials on television, […]

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Aid / Ethiopia / Politics

This is not about ending world hunger. It is a political stunt

Published in The Independent (June 19th, 2013) The broadcasters fell for it, of course. Those colourful images of a “flotilla” of two longboats sailing near the venue of […]

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Africa / Aid / Ethiopia

Foreign aid: the final insult

Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 26th, 2013) It is hard to think of many more blessed spots on Earth than the Gambella region of Ethiopia, with […]

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Immigration / Policy / Politics

A Queen’s speech ruined by absurd anti-immigration measures

Published in The Guardian (May 8th, 2013) There is something reassuringly Ruritanian about the rituals associated with the Queen’s speech, from those flunkies in gold-trimmed finery to the […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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