Thursday (December 17th): 10 years Arab Spring: The Little Match Boy
Mohamed Bouazizi Name? Mohamed Bouazizi Westphalian identity? Tunesian Age? 26 (died 10 years ago) Why is he in the news? A decade ago this week, the young fruit seller Mohammed…
Mohamed Bouazizi Name? Mohamed Bouazizi Westphalian identity? Tunesian Age? 26 (died 10 years ago) Why is he in the news? A decade ago this week, the young fruit seller Mohammed…
Osman Abukar Dubbe Name? Osman Abukar Dubbe Westphalian identity? Somali Age? mid-50s? Why is he in the news? H.E. Osman Dubbe, Minister of Information for Somalia, announced that Somalia was…
Name? Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Westphalian identity? Turkish Age? 66 Why is he in the news? Erdogan and the US have been at odds for more than a year over Turkey’s…
Narendra Modi Name? Narendra Modi Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 70 Why is he in the news? Three months ago, Modi’s government implemented a set of laws deregulating India’s agriculture sector.…
King Mohammed VI. Name? King Mohammed VI. Westphalian identity? Moroccan Age? 57 Why is he in the news? One hour after we published yesterday’s daily about Benjamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic normalisation…
Name? Benjamin Netanyahu Westphalian identity? Israeli Age? 71 Why is he in the news? Rumours have it Netanyahu is about to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to discuss economic…
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? British Age? 56 Why is he in the news? On Saturday, Boris Johnson called Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the progress of…
Nicolás Maduro Name? Nicolás Maduro Westphalian identity? Venezuelan Age? 58 Why is he in the news? Yesterday, the President of Venezuela held parliamentary elections. Well, kind of. Maduro held elections…
Debretsion Gebremichael Name? Debretsion Gebremichael Westphalian identity? Ethiopian/Tigrinya Age? 70 Why is he in the news? A few days ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed victory over the Tigray…
Dharmendra Pradhan Name? Dharmendra Pradhan Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 51 Why is he in the news? Pradhan is the current Cabinet Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel in…