Aislinn Laing has been appointed as Telegraph Media Group's new Southern Africa correspondent.

Laing was previously home news correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and before that Thames Valley correspondent and then home correspondent for the Press Association.

Her first job in journalism was as a reporter for the Western Morning News.

Her advice to those wanting to work as a foreign correspondent is "keep pestering, stay abreast of foreign affairs and work in home news first."

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