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Africa / Aid / Congo / Gabon

The scandal of ‘green colonialism’

Published by The i paper (5th February, 2024) The scenery of lush tropical rainforest was stunning but the stories of atrocities were disturbing. One mother told me of […]

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Africa / Congo

Harry urged to quit Africa role

Published by The Daily Mail (29th January, 2024) Prince Harry is being urged to quit a conservation charity he helps to run after a probe by The Mail […]

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Africa / Aid / Congo

Harry’s Africa charity rangers ‘raped and beat tribes people’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th January, 2024) A leading conservation charity that Prince Harry helps run has been accused of operating an armed militia engaged in the […]

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Africa / Arts / Books / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / General / Ivory Coast / Libya / Nigeria

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 came to this book with enthusiasm. The author […]

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Africa / Congo

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 is this sprawling national park the oldest in […]

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Africa / Congo / Kenya / Rwanda

When democracy is accused of blood on its hands

Published in The Independent (May 13th, 2013) When the new president of Kenya visited London last week for the summit on Somalia, he held a private meeting with our […]

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Africa / Congo / Rwanda

Gaza grabs the headlines as Congo once more descends into chaos

Published in The Observer (November 25th, 2012) Once again, the apparently insoluble struggle between Israel and Palestine has flared up before flickering into uneasy standoff. As usual, world […]

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Africa / Aid / Congo / Economics / Ethiopia / General / Ghana / Nigeria

Our image of Africa is hopelessly obsolete

Published in The Observer (26th August, 2012) Think of Ethiopia and what do you see. Perhaps a starving child, flies in her eyes and belly distended. Painfully thin adults […]

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Africa / Aid / Congo / Rwanda

Monster behind genocide and rape squads

Published in the Daily Mail (July 27th, 2011) Women and children – desperately sick and weak after months on the run – were finally caught by Rwandan army […]

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Africa / Arts / Congo / Music

Music from the heart of the Congo

Published in The Independent (February 29th, 2008) The tiny stage was packed as a heavy, dancehall rhythm rumbled out into the Kinshasa night. There was Damon Albarn on […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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