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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

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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Deal that makes a mockery of fair play

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th May, 2018) After a decade writing about the aid industry, I thought I... Read Full Article

Rwanda deserves to be condemned as much as Russia

Published by The Times (14th March, 2018) After a hard week working as a mental health nurse manager, Noble Marara... Read Full Article

Shame of Bono’s charity bullies

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th March, 2018) Workers at an organisation founded by U2 singer Bono have been... Read Full Article

Winds of change blowing across Africa

Published by The ipaper (19th February, 2018) Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma share some things in common. Both were key... Read Full Article

Water wars as day zero looms

Published by Mail on Sunday (18th February, 2018) The vista could hardly be more barren or forbidding – a parched... Read Full Article

As our narrative on Africa shrinks, the continent rises

Published by The i paper (15th January, 2018) For a brief moment Donald Trump sounded presidential on Friday as he... Read Full Article

Chimps for chumps: inside the cruel world of ape smuggling

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th January, 2018) The crate flown in from Istanbul was filled with exotic creatures... Read Full Article

West Africa offered reasons to be cheerful in 2017

Published by The Times (1st January, 2018) George Weah, the former world footballer of the year, has achieved his great... Read Full Article

A well-trodden journey into the heart of darkness

Published by The Times (30th December, 2017) Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Head of Zeus) I... Read Full Article

UK aid bankrolls fixer to make profits for Chinese businesses in Africa

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th December, 2017) Britain is handing aid to an organisation headed by a wealthy... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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