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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Rusesabagina

Truss urged to block diplomat over kidnap of Hotel Rwanda hero

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th December, 2021) Foreign secretary Liz Truss is being urged to block the appointment... Read Full Article

Andrew Mitchell’s friends in Rwanda

Published by UnHerd (6th December, 2021) Earlier this year, Baroness Kennedy was contacted by the two daughters of Paul Rusesabagina... Read Full Article

The dictator who fooled us

Published by UnHerd (23rd February, 2021) Paul Rusesabagina was a humble hotel manager when he became a hero amid the... Read Full Article

Kagame’s enemies have a strange habit of dying

Published in The Independent (January 3rd, 2014) Patrick Karegeya knew Paul Kagame well. The pair went to school together, worked... Read Full Article

The man who turned amorality into an art form

Published in The Daily Mail (January 12th, 2013) When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a... Read Full Article