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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

  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

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A change of fortune for Nigeria’s president?

Published by The Independent (17th January, 2015) Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was a canoe-maker, struggling to survive in the Delta region... Read Full Article

My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others

Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... Read Full Article

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... Read Full Article

Africa is refuting the usual economic pessimism

Published by The Wall Street Journal (16th April, 2014) The terrorist bombing that killed 71 people in Nigeria’s capital Monday... Read Full Article

A conflict crying out for more attention – and less violence

Published in The Independent (October 1st, 2013) The murder of Saturday lunchtime shoppers in a Nairobi shopping centre grabbed global... Read Full Article

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... Read Full Article

Our image of Africa is hopelessly obsolete

Published in The Observer (26th August, 2012) Think of Ethiopia and what do you see. Perhaps a starving child, flies in... Read Full Article

Disorder, dereliction…and decency

Published in The Observer (January 29th, 2012) Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wira (Granta) Nigeria does not... Read Full Article

Never mind the rebranding – Nigeria needs rebuilding

Published in The Independent (July 30th, 2009) Nigeria’s minister of Information has launched a campaign to rebrand her country, attempting... Read Full Article

A wild shrine to music, history and the struggle for human rights

Published in The Independent (June 5th, 2009) We bumped our way down the ramshackle streets of Ikeja in the traffic-choked... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?
  • How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps
  • War is no excuse for poor service
  • Brexit revolution devours its children
  • How Covid revolt swept across China

Tags

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

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