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The scandal of orphanages in tourist resorts and disaster zones that rent children to fleece gullible Westerners

Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 10th, 2011) As a child welfare expert who has worked amid bullets and bombs in some of the world’s toughest war […]

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Africa / Libya / Politics

Cameron’s battle with the desert despot may define him

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 20th, 2011) It is hard to think of two more different people – the urbane British Prime Minister born into privilege […]

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Africa / Libya

Bloggers warn of lynchings and Gaddafi’s deserted by his blonde Ukranian nurse

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 27th, 2011) Muammar Gaddafi has survived many threats in his time. But now the people he has terrorised for so long […]

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Africa / Libya

Now even Mad Dog Gaddafi faces a Day of Rage

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 15th, 2011) I was sitting in a smart address in the middle of Tripoli, drinking coffee and discussing the momentous events […]

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Africa / Egypt

The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?

Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 30th, 2011) For the fifth day in a row, Egypt was consumed with rage, fear and hope yesterday. The streets of […]

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Africa / Tunisia

Why a fruit and veg seller could unleash wave of revolutions

Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 16th, 2011) It all began with the despair of one man, a young graduate unable to get a job, like so […]

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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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