fyeahafrica: Born in Sudan in 1959, Zeinab Badawi is a highly-acclaimed award-winning television and radio journalist who is currently a flagship anchor for the BBC.  Badawi comes from a highly active political family in Sudan where her great-grandfather, Sheikh Babiker Badri, fought against Lord Kitchener’s British forces at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and was a pioneer of women’s education in Sudan. Her father was a newspaper editor and social reform activist in Sudan who joined the BBC’s Arabic Service when Badawi’s family moved to the UK when she was just 3. Educated at both Oxford and the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where she graduated with a distinction, in November 2009, Badawi was named International TV Personality of the Year in the Annual Media Awards organised by the Association for International Broadcasting and also has an Honorary Doctorate from her Alma Mater SOAS. Badawi is founder and chair of the Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), a charity which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa.  (source)

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Born in Sudan in 1959, Zeinab Badawi is a highly-acclaimed award-winning television and radio journalist who is currently a flagship anchor for the BBC. 

Badawi comes from a highly active political family in Sudan where her great-grandfather, Sheikh Babiker Badri, fought against Lord Kitchener’s British forces at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and was a pioneer of women’s education in Sudan. Her father was a newspaper editor and social reform activist in Sudan who joined the BBC’s Arabic Service when Badawi’s family moved to the UK when she was just 3.

Educated at both Oxford and the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where she graduated with a distinction, in November 2009, Badawi was named International TV Personality of the Year in the Annual Media Awards organised by the Association for International Broadcasting and also has an Honorary Doctorate from her Alma Mater SOAS.

Badawi is founder and chair of the Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), a charity which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa.

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