30 July 2019

Items related to Africa

Latest Nigerian News, eTimes: Covered His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II, CON (Sarkin Kano)’s speech at SOAS graduation as he received an Honorary Doctorate

BBC World News: Carlos Oya interviewed on his research on Chinese firms in Africa

Deutsche Welle: PhD student Kuukuwa Manfu quoted on the architecture of Accra

Items related to Middle East

ABC News: Riccardo Labianco interviewed on US arms trade to Saudi Arabia and Trump’s veto to the Congress’s resolution banning that 

Items related to Asia

SCMP, The Inquiry (BBC): Steve Tsang discussed the impact of the US-China trade war and the Hong Kong protests

Items related to other regions / General SOAS news

BBC online: Colin Shindler contributed to the BBC’s ‘A-Z of “isms”’ with an animated explanation of Zionism

Morning Star: article covering Gilbert Achcar’s open letter to the publication, following their original article on SOAS training

LSE Brexit blog: Nicholas Westcott writes on the powerful psychological rationale behind the desire for a no-deal Brexit