Zeinab Badawi

Sudanese-British broadcaster · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Born 1959 · age 67

Zeinab Mohammed-Khair Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist, educator, civic activist, and writer. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News, and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998 before joining BBC News.

Zeinab Badawi is read about 146 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2020“Achebe gave a voice to Africans for generations to come, including my own.”In their wordsJune 2020Africa Writes (Royal African Society website, c. June 2020)Read the whole statement

Sir Brian Urquhart AwardAward2018President's MedalAward2017“There has been a way of seeing Africa in terms of poverty and conflict which has become a kind of shorthand for the continent that still persists today.”In their words1 July 2017BBC NewsRead the whole statement

2015“If you are always guided by passion and compassion, you will truly have a life of meaning.”In their words20 July 2015University of the Arts LondonRead the whole statement

1959Born3 October 1959

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Badawi in 2009

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Zeinab Badawi

2 statements, newest first

For a long time it was the view that because Africa didn't always write, or have written document for his history that means Africa didn’t document its history. That is not true
On Africa history, Own words
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head
on Zimbabwe are interviewed by a Zimbabwean with a better command of the language, Own words

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Awards

Sir Brian Urquhart Award2020

President's Medal2018

About this person

Badawi was the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News, and Reporters, a weekly showcase of reports from the BBC. In 2021, Badawi was appointed as president of SOAS University of London. Badawi serves on several civic boards and published her first book, An African History of Africa, in 2024.

Country

United Kingdom