Kayla Rahaman

Dec 30, 2024 | roarnews.co.uk | Kayla Rahaman

News Editor Kayla Rahaman spoke with Lizzie Greenwood, a long-time pro-Palestine activist who maintained a 35-day hunger strike to protest the UK’s remaining arms licenses to Israel. Editor’s note: Heavily restricting caloric intake can severely compromise one’s physical and mental health, very potentially with fatal consequences. In October, Greenwood resorted to what she regarded as a necessary escalation of her protest against the UK’s role in the conflict: starting a hunger strike.

Oct 16, 2024 | roarnews.co.uk | Sam McManus |Ewan White |Kayla Rahaman

Demonstrators joined youth-led organisations London for Sudan and Madaniya on 31 August against what they decried as the ongoing “proxy war” in Sudan. Protestors pressured the UK Government to take a stand against countries supporting factions in the conflict and marched in front of the embassies of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Russia. Protestors gradually arrived at Marble Arch in the early afternoon.

Oct 12, 2024 | roarnews.co.uk | Kayla Rahaman

News Editor Kayla Rahaman gives an overview of the myriad of reactions and reflections that gripped the King’s community on 7 October – the mournful anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel and the escalation of the war in Gaza. As the world has watched the extreme suffering and destruction of the past 365 days, there are many in our community for whom 7 October unfolds in a tapestry of profound grief, aching emotion, and ineffable contemplation.

Oct 4, 2024 | roarnews.co.uk | Kayla Rahaman

King’s College London (KCL) will end investment in companies directly engaged in the production and distribution of ‘controversial weapons’. This decision follows an academic year marked by pro-Palestine campus protests and multiple controversies within the King’s community. The war between Israel and Hamas caused a wave of protests across the world. Our campus was no exception. Roar provides a timeline of the past nine months, looking back on major events as they publicly unfolded.

Oct 2, 2024 | roarnews.co.uk | Kayla Rahaman

Following a severe crash in the value of Nigeria’s currency (the naira) as well as foreign exchange restrictions imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at least one Nigerian student at King’s College London (KCL) has been blocked from being able to pay the tuition fees for their final year of study.