David Blair is the Africa Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph". Born in Malawi on 14 April 1973, he was educated at Oxford University, where he read politics, philosophy and economics, and Cambridge University, where he studied international relations. This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...

He began working for the "Daily Telegraph" in Zimbabwe in 1999. He was forced to leave the country by President Robert Mugabe's regime in June 2001. Blair later published a book about his experiences called "Degrees in Violence: Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power in Zimbabwe". He was named Young Journalist of the Year by the Foreign Press Association for his coverage of Zimbabwe. Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born February 21, 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician. ...

Thereafter, he was based in Pakistan (2002 - 2003) and the Middle East (2003 - 2004). He was among the first journalists to enter Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank after the bitterly controversial Israeli assault in April 2002. Blair's front page report on the Palestinian suffering caused by this attack, headlined "Blasted to Rubble by the Israelis", attracted considerable attention as the "Daily Telegraph" had always been perceived as favourable to Israel.

Blair reported extensively from Iraq before and after the American-led invasion of 2003. At the height of the looting in Baghdad in April 2003, Blair entered Saddam Hussein's old foreign ministry and found documents purporting to show that George Galloway, the British MP, had received money from the deposed regime. Galloway vigorously denied this charge and sued the "Daily Telegraph" for libel. Galloway won the case in November 2004 and the newspaper paid him damages of £150,000. During the trial, the defendants did not attempt to defend the authenticity of the documents, instead claiming that it was neutrally reporting the contents.^[1] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ... George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ...

Blair became the "Daily Telegraph's" Africa Bureau Chief in June 2004. Since then, he has reported on the war in Darfur, the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the war in Northern Uganda. Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ...

Although born in Africa, Blair is a British citizen. He is not believed to be related to the British prime minister, Tony Blair.

1. ^ "Galloway wins Saddam libel case". BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.

2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External Links

David Blair's Telegraph Blog