Zeinab Badawi

Journalist

Birthday October 3, 1959

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Sudan

Age 66 years old

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About

Sudanese-English broadcast journalist known for anchoring ITV Morning News, Channel 4 News, and the BBC's Reporters and World News Today. The Association for International Broadcasting presented her with a 2009 Media Award. 

Before fame

She graduated from the University of Oxford and the University of London

Trivia

A philanthropist as well as a journalist, she established the Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed). 

Family life

A native of Sudan, she grew up primarily in England. She raised two sons and two daughters. 

Associated with

She and Susanna Reid both had careers as BBC broadcast journalists.