By Tom Shipley, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex
Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Contributor, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex
The youth-led protests of 2025 were not the first time the Malagasy people created a window of opportunity for change.
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By Maurizio Esposito La Rossa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
France’s Ministry of Culture handed over three Malagasy skulls to Harea Georges Kamamy, the reigning king (ampagnito) of the Sakalava people in Menabe, a western region of Madagascar, on 26 August 2025. The skulls had been held for more than a century in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.
One was identified as belonging to Toera, the Menabe king killed by French colonial troops in 1897. When handed over, it was placed in his…
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By Alka Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Cockroach Janta Party protests are significant not just as a reaction to one judge’s insult, but because the way the movement has organized offers a hopeful model of democratic solidarity.
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By Eugene Lang, Assistant Professor, Public Administration, Queen's University, Ontario
The Canadian Defence Department’s recent announcement that it’s scaling back peacekeeping missions marks the final step in the triumph of one national peacekeeping mythology over another.
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By Gordon McKelvie, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
The most famous Scottish cannibal was Sawney Bean, a 16th-century man who, with his wife and children, supposedly killed and ate travellers to the Ayrshire coast.
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By John Mulley, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
Continuous glucose monitors are changing diabetes care, but they have limits that matter during the most extreme blood sugar events.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the sentencing of Lev Shlosberg, deputy chair of the Yabloko party — the only registered Russian political party which has consistently opposed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and campaigned for a ceasefire and diplomacy — to 11 years and one month in prison, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia […] The post Russia: Anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison amid mounting pressure on his Yabloko party appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Annayah Prosser, Associate Professor in Marketing, Business and Society, University of Bath
Summer brings many traditional events and festivals across the world. In much of England, summer is the theme of several folk celebrations dating back centuries. Far from negative and exclusionary ideas of national identity, the season actually showcases many positives.
Many towns and areas around the UK celebrate the summer, starting in May with “Jack in the Green” – a figure draped in leaves who has been slumbering since the previous year. The event, based on folkloric tales is increasingly important for…
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By Jason Burns, Research Specialist, Michigan State University
Madeline Mavrogordato, Professor of K-12 Educational Administration and Policy, Michigan State University
Michigan voters will head to the polls in November to elect a new governor and vote for all 148 seats in the state Legislature.
Education is expected to be a central issue in those races, with candidates offering competing visions for improving student outcomes and strengthening public schools.
Whether the goal is improving…
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By Anna Dilger, Professor of Muscle Biology and Meat Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.
How is deli meat made? – Arabelle, 17, Brooklyn, New York
If you’ve ever eaten a ham or turkey sandwich for lunch, then you’ve probably eaten deli meat. Sometimes called lunch meat, deli meat is a kind of…
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