Thursday (May 14th): China is not the only evil in Africa
Emiel Jurjens - Dutch Lawyer Name? Emiel Jurjens Westphalian identity? Dutch Age? Somewhere between 35-45? He looks young & has an active Twitter account... Why is he in the news?…
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Wednesday (May 13th): Water Wars continue, Africa Edition
Abiy Ahmed Ali- Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 43 Why is he in the news? Have you ever heard about the…
Tuesday (May 12th): Beer crisis in Mexico vs Refugee Crisis in Niger, battle for attention
Mahamadou Issoufou - Former President of Niger Name? Mahamadou Issoufou Westphalian identity? Nigerien Age? 68 Why is he in the news? Technically, he isn’t personally in the news but the…
Monday (May 11th): A New Road & an Old Territorial Dispute
Vinay Mohan Kwatra - Ambassador of India to the United States Name? Vinay Mohan Kwatra Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 58 Why is he in the news? As the Indian ambassador…
Saturday (May 9th): The Millenial Dictator
Nayib Bukele - President of El Salvador Name? Nayib Bukele Westphalian identity? Salvadorean Age? 38 Why are they in the news? El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has a history of…
Friday (May 8th): An alliance based on tears and potatoes
Gary Batton Name? Gary Batton Westphalian identity? Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Age? 53 Why is he in the news? As the current chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Batton…
Thursday (May 7th): A new Prime Minister for Iraq
Mustafa al-Kadhimi Name? Mustafa al-Kadhimi Westphalian identity? Iraqi Age? 53 Why is he in the news? Early this morning, al-Kadhimi (a former intelligence chief) was approved by the Iraqi parliament…
Wednesday (May 6th): A War for Interpretational Sovereignty
Mike Pompeo Name? Mike Pompeo Westphalian identity? US American Age? 56 Why is he in the news? He has been very outspoken about Covid-19 and how there is “enormous evidence”…
Tuesday (May 5th): Define failure: Wannabe Rambo Goudreau
Jordan Goudreau Name? Jordan Goudreau Westphalian identity? US American Age? We don’t really know as there is no Wikipedia article about him (yet) but we assume he is anywhere in…
Monday (May 4th): You want the internet to forget something? Good luck with that!
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi -President of Egypt Name? Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Westphalian identity? Egyptian Age? 65 Why is he in the news? Two years ago he imprisoned a young Egyptian filmmaker…
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