Thursday (April 1st): Kenyan economic interests vs refugees
Fred Matiangi Name? Fred Matiangi Westphalian identity? Kenyan Age? He likes to keep personal matters private, therefore we do not know, maybe 60ish? Why is he in the news? In…
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Fred Matiangi Name? Fred Matiangi Westphalian identity? Kenyan Age? He likes to keep personal matters private, therefore we do not know, maybe 60ish? Why is he in the news? In…
Aden TV (CC BY 3.0) Name? Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Westphalian identity? Yemeni/Houthi Age? 42 Why is he in the news? He is the de facto President of Yemen and cousin…
Kim Jong-Un Name? Kim Jong-Un Westphalian identity? North Korea Age? 37 Why is he in the news? Last week North Korea launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile…
Min Aung Hlaing Name? Min Aung Hlaing Westphalian identity? Burmese Age? 64 Why is he in the news? Unfortunately, General Hlaing remains in the spotlight as his authoritarian junta government…
Peter Berdowski Name? Peter Berdowski Westphalian identity? Northern European Age? Early 60s Why is he in the news? Berdowski is the CEO of the Dutch company Boskalis which has been…
Rodrigo Londoño (Timoleón Jiménez) Name? Rodrigo Londoño (Timoleón Jiménez) Westphalian identity? Colombian Age? 62 Why is he in the news? As one of Colombia’s most notorious ex-FARC leaders; and now…
Name? Benjamin Netanyahu Westphalian identity? Israeli Age? 71 Why is he in the news? Netanyahu has mixed feelings about yesterday’s election in Israel (the 4th in the last two years).…
Josep Borrell Name? Josep Borrell Westphalian identity? Spanish Age? 73 Why is he in the news? Last week’s meeting between the USA and China did not go so well...Right after,…
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Name? Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Westphalian identity? Emirati Age? 48 Why is he in the news? Last month, India and Pakistan agreed to overcome differences through…
Joe Biden Name? Joe Biden Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 78 Why is he in the news? After considerable pressure from allies worldwide to share vaccines, the Biden administration…