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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Tanzania

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

Wayne Rooney and the new frontier

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th July, 2017) When the vice-president of Tanzania heard Everton were planning to play... Read Full Article

Virunga is saved but Africa’s wildlife is being encircled sliver by sliver

Published by The Guardian (13th June, 2014) It seems incredible anyone could contemplate drilling for oil in Virunga. Not only... Read Full Article

Discovering Tanzania’s great blue yonder on an island called Mafia (it’s perfectly friendly)

Published in The Daily Mail (February 2nd, 2013) A scrap of raffia roof is propped up by spindly sticks to... Read Full Article