James Robbins is diplomatic correspondent for BBC News.
James Robbins has been a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC since January 1998 and is currently based in London.
In 2001 he helped lead the BBC's television coverage of the September 11 attacks on America. James joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1977 after graduating from Oxford University with an Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Between 1987 and 1991, James was Southern Africa correspondent for the BBC based in Johannesburg. He witnessed the release of Nelson Mandela, and was one of the first journalists to interview him. He charted the slow, painful and violent transition from repression and rigid racial segregation under President PW Botha to the beginnings of democracy under President FW de Klerk.
He has covered wars in Angola, in Mozambique and in Namibia during its transition to independence and democracy.
From 1992 until the end of 1997 James was the BBC's Europe correspondent and Europe bureau chief, based in Brussels. James has covered global crises ever since, reporting from the United Nations in New York, from Afghanistan, the Middle East and many European capitals.
He covered each European Summit from Maastricht to Amsterdam, covering various issues such as the introduction of the single market, the political fallout from the Maastricht Treaty and the steady enlargement of the European Union.
James also reported on the first trials in the Hague at the newly established UN International Criminal Tribunal court for the former Yugoslavia.
James Robbins has been a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC since January 1998 and is currently based in London.
In 2001 he helped lead the BBC's television coverage of the September 11 attacks on America. James joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1977 after graduating from Oxford University with an Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Between 1987 and 1991, James was Southern Africa correspondent for the BBC based in Johannesburg. He witnessed the release of Nelson Mandela, and was one of the first journalists to interview him. He charted the slow, painful and violent transition from repression and rigid racial segregation under President PW Botha to the beginnings of democracy under President FW de Klerk.
He has covered wars in Angola, in Mozambique and in Namibia during its transition to independence and democracy.
From 1992 until the end of 1997 James was the BBC's Europe correspondent and Europe bureau chief, based in Brussels. James has covered global crises ever since, reporting from the United Nations in New York, from Afghanistan, the Middle East and many European capitals.
He covered each European Summit from Maastricht to Amsterdam, covering various issues such as the introduction of the single market, the political fallout from the Maastricht Treaty and the steady enlargement of the European Union.
James also reported on the first trials in the Hague at the newly established UN International Criminal Tribunal court for the former Yugoslavia.
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