Jeffrey Donaldson’s incessant trips to the developing world raise dark new questions about shadow career abroad Belfast Telegraph By: Sam McBride 18 October 2026 at 07:00 DUP leader visited African country ten times in less than three years, helped flog weapons alongside a British general, and worked with special forces officer
London shouldn’t give Stormont any more money — extra cash has been perversely making things worse Belfast Telegraph By: Sam McBride 17 October 2026 at 07:25 The Executive is an emperor with no clothes: It’s strutting around buck naked and far too many people who know this are silent
Jeffrey Donaldson was a key and ‘very keen’ British asset in sensitive west African conflict, paid thousands while Irish Sea border was emerging Belfast Telegraph By: Sam McBride 16 October 2026 at 05:51 Documents obtained by this newspaper show prized role working with Cameroonian dictator’s forces, luxury hotel stays, and large sums of money