Andrew Harding

Andrew Harding is a British journalist and author. As of May 2024 he is the Paris correspondent for BBC News.[1]

Career

Harding was a foreign correspondent for the BBC in Russia as of July 2000.[2] He spent a decade living in the former Soviet Union (in Moscow and Tbilisi) before becoming the BBC's East Africa correspondent in 2000, then Asia correspondent in 2004, and in 2009, Africa correspondent.

Harding has written three non-fiction books: The Mayor of Mogadishu, about the city of Mogadishu;[3] These Are Not Gentle People, about a murder in South Africa;[4][5] and A Small, Stubborn Town, about a town in Ukraine.[6]

Recognition and awards

In 2014 Harding received a US Emmy Award for outstanding feature story in a regular newscast.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "'I could not protect her': A dad mourns his child killed in the Channel". BBC News. 1 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bribery the Russian way". BBC News. 16 July 2000. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Hammer, Joshua (6 January 2017). "Return to Mogadishu: Trying to Reclaim a City for Its People". New York Times.
  4. ↑ "These Are Not Gentle People by Andrew Harding — post-apartheid reality". Financial Times.
  5. ↑ "These Are Not Gentle People by Andrew Harding book review". Times Literary Supplement.
  6. ↑ Boyes, Roger (8 May 2024). "A Small, Stubborn Town by Andrew Harding review — Ukraine fights back". The Times.
  7. ↑ "BBC World News wins two Emmy Awards". BBC News. 1 October 2014.