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Niger Coup: Tentative Hope

By Joe Dredge-Fenwick, MA Anthropology of Food and Intensive Japanese ‘The sense of colonial rejection does seem palpable. Whether or not the so-called “overdue revolutions” do bring needed radical change is yet to be seen. For now we can only hold tentative hope for the realisation of socio-political parity.’ Niger’

No More Dog Meat In South Korea

No More Dog Meat In South Korea

By Maryam Mohammed, BA Korean and Politics As of the 9th January, the South Korean parliament officially put forth legislation banning all trade of dog meat. The decision was a highly anticipated one since the bill was proposed on 17th November. However, the topic of banning dog meat has been

International Elections 2024: Impacts of Potential Results on the Global Landscape

By Yasmin Turner, MSc International Development This year more than 40 countries, representing over 40% of the world’s population, will be holding national elections. Labelled by many as a “Super Bowl”, it is a record-breaking election year, with the ballot box battles poised to incur geopolitical and economic impacts

Maternal Death Rates at a 20-Year High

By Roxanna Brealey, BA History and Politics ‘Whilst this data is shocking, the inequalities are not new’ Maternal death rates are currently at a twenty-year high according to a report by Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiries (MBRRACE-UK). Figures from this report provide new and alarming

Shepherds Bush Market Gentrification Threat Intensifies

Shepherds Bush Market Gentrification Threat Intensifies

By Archie Thomas, BA Politics and International Relations ‘We will continue to fight this application and the rampant gentrification it represents.’ On the 20th of December, Hammersmith and Fulham council voted, by three votes to two, to approve the redevelopment of Shepherd’s Bush Market in what campaigners have called

‘APPALLING MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE’: Compensation Delays Following the Post Office Horizon Scandal

‘APPALLING MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE’: Compensation Delays Following the Post Office Horizon Scandal

By Jacob Delos Santos, MA Global Media and Digital Communications In January, victims of what has been described as the “biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history” reemerged in the British media, once more demanding legal reparations in response to the Post Office Horizon scandal. Since 2000, the UK’s

No Action Against Co-President Sushant Singh

By Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations The SOAS Students’ Union continues to face criticism over its failure to act upon allegations against the Co-President for Welfare and Campaigns – Sushant Singh. Following the 2023 Students’ Union Annual General Meeting (AGM), a motion was passed against Mr Singh that led