Paraic O'Brien , Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Paraic O'Brien is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
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Johannesburg fire: More than 70 dead in building housing homeless
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been visiting the site of a devastating fire in central Johannesburg which claimed the lives of more than 70 people, including at least 12 children. Tonight, Channel 4 News has been told that criminal gangs had partitioned the building using locked gates, preventing people from fleeing – part of an illegal…
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Niger coup: Head of presidential guard declares himself country leader
In Niger, the head of the presidential guard has declared himself leader of the country.
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Why a coup in Niger could have global consequences
The army says it’s backing members of the presidential guard, who announced on Wednesday that they’d removed the democratically-elected president.
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Sudan massacre: Dozens reportedly killed in one day in one town by RSF and Arab militia
For three months, Sudan’s Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a fierce battle around the capital Khartoum. But their conflict has also rekindled ethnic violence in Darfur – echoing the atrocities of 20 years ago.
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Thousands of Sudanese flee West Darfur to Chad
The United Nations Human Rights office says it has ‘credible information’ that the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces or RSF – which is currently fighting the Sudanese army – is responsible for a mass grave in West Darfur.
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Chad: Inside the border town home to thousands of Sudanese fleeing war
Thousands of people have been killed and millions more have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan – since brutal fighting erupted in April between the country’s army and the rebel Rapid Support Forces. Sudan’s health ministry said an air strike on Saturday, which the army denies, killed at least 22 people in Omdurman.…
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How the Russia Ukraine war is supercharging AI warfare
With superpowers battling for AI supremacy, experts say artificial intelligence will “completely change the entire frameworks on which we base war”.
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Protests erupt in Paris after fatal police shooting of teenager
President Macron has described the fatal shooting of a teenager by police as “inexplicable and inexcusable.”
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Belarus’ Lukashenko says ‘he saved Russia from civil war’ by stopping Wagner mutiny
With Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Progozhin removed from Russia, one authoritarian leader is breathing a little easier – but another is perhaps starting to sweat.
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A near daily tragedy: Eleven people drown after boat capsizes off Tunisia
Survivors cling to life as bodies are brought on shore. The daily tragedy of those crossing the mediterranean in search of safety and a better life.
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Why Tunisia is at forefront of migrant crisis (dubbed)
Tunisia is at the forefront of the migrant crisis with unprecedented numbers of people from Africa and the Middle East travelling through the country in the hope of reaching Europe.
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Central Mediterranean route sees 300 fold increase of asylum seekers and migrants – is deterrence working?
For so many of those setting off on perilous journeys across the Mediterranean, the departure point is the northern coast of Africa.
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Silvio Berlusconi state funeral missed by world leaders
As the coffin of Silvio Berlusconi was carried out of Milan cathedral, the city centre rang to applause and chants from supporters who had gathered in their thousands.
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Silvio Berlusconi: Former Italian Prime Minister dies aged 86
Silvio Berlusconi spent his life dividing opinion – in Italy and the rest of the world.
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Ukraine dam flood: Russia targets rescuers in Kherson
For the last few days we have been broadcasting mobile phone footage and testimony sent to us from people in Kherson.
