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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

  • ‘Is it a holiday?’ the children asked when they weren’t woken up for school. ‘No, dears,’ mum replied. ‘The war has started…’
  • People’s army that is stepping up for the fight
  • ‘It’s awful to think people who survived WWII in their youth have fallen victim in old age to the insanity of a mad man’
  • The West must punish this thug as he rips apart another nation
  • Amid fog of this weird war, a day to honour the dead

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Should Britain and South Africa have invaded Zimbabwe?

Published in The Independent (November 30th, 2013) Robert Mugabe has long claimed that Britain wanted to overthrow him, using this... Read Full Article

Mugabe’s secret plan to get sanctions lifted

Published in the Mail on Sunday (September 29th, 2013) Robert Mugabe wants the Queen to help get sanctions against his... Read Full Article

The MDC walked like zombies into Mugabe’s trap

Published in The Independent on Sunday (August 4th, 2013) The streets of Harare were largely empty yesterday as a nervous... Read Full Article

Fear and optimism as Zimbabwe faces another rigged election

Published in The Independent (July 30th, 2013) As I sat in Zimbabwe’s national art gallery talking to Jessie Majome, one... Read Full Article

A step into the unknown

Published in the New Statesman (July 26th, 2013) As I left one veteran activist’s home in Harare after an evening discussing the... Read Full Article

The crocodile, a £7bn will, and a fast food war – the bizarre backdrop to a crucial vote

Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) As the warm winter sun beat down, newspaper editors and businessmen... Read Full Article

Secret dossier proves Mugabe stealing election

Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) Damning top-secret intelligence documents that expose Robert Mugabe’s plans to rig... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • ‘Is it a holiday?’ the children asked when they weren’t woken up for school. ‘No, dears,’ mum replied. ‘The war has started…’
  • People’s army that is stepping up for the fight
  • ‘It’s awful to think people who survived WWII in their youth have fallen victim in old age to the insanity of a mad man’
  • The West must punish this thug as he rips apart another nation
  • Amid fog of this weird war, a day to honour the dead

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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