Andrew Harding (born 1967) is a British journalist and author. He is currently the

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correspondent.

Career

Harding began his career as a foreign correspondent in Russia in 1991. He spent a decade living in the former

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(in

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and

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) 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'', ''These Are Not Gentle People'', and ''A Small, Stubborn Town''. In 2014 Harding received a US

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for outstanding feature story in a regular newscast.

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* 1967 births Living people {{improve categories, date=July 2024 British journalists