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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 Covid origins debate gets even murkier
  • Bulldoze this affront to our democracy
  • Why would you envy the NHS?
  • Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires
  • How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

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Africa’s catastrophic Covid response

Published by UnHerd (11th September, 2020) As Covid-19 began to sweep across the planet earlier this year, the warnings about... Read Full Article

Coronavirus will expose Africa’s tyrants

Published by UnHerd (9th April, 2020) When Muhammadu Buhari was elected president of Nigeria in 2015 — amid a wave... Read Full Article

Ugandan elite dipped into UK aid cash

Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 2nd, 2018) Tens of millions of pounds donated by British taxpayers and other countries... Read Full Article

The foreign aid ghost camps

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd June, 2018) When United Nations chief Antonio Guterres begged the world to help Uganda... Read Full Article

Recent Articles

  • The Covid origins debate gets even murkier
  • Bulldoze this affront to our democracy
  • Why would you envy the NHS?
  • Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires
  • How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

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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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