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Michael Peel

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Michael Peel is a British journalist. He has written for various publications including Granta, New Republic, New Statesman and London Review of Books. He is currently Europe correspondent of the Financial Times.

Biography

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Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied chemistry, Peel joined the Financial Times in 1996. From 2002-2005, Peel was the West Africa correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Lagos, Nigeria. From March 2005 until 2006, Peel was an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, and a freelance journalist. He was appointed legal correspondent of the Financial Times in 2006,[1] and has been middle east correspondent for the newspaper since January 2011.

Michael Peel's first book, A Swamp Full of Dollars (2009) was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2009.

Bibliography

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  • Peel, Michael (2006). Nigeria-Related Financial Crime and its Links with Britain. Chatham House Report. [1]
  • Peel, Michael (2009). A Swamp Full of Dollars: pipelines and paramilitaries at Nigeria's oil frontier. London: I.B. Tauris.

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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