It can be a little difficult when the name comes from a language which uses a different alphabet to ours. Its difficult to know how to translate the spelling. With many names a standard becomes adopted by most people which makes things easier (eg Iraqis), but I noticed that during the Afghanistan episode, there was no such consensus about for example how to spell Taliban/Taleban. And the number of different ways I have seen Col. Gaddafi's name spelled over the years in different newspapers and websites (Gadafi, Gadhafi, Qadhafi etc)....

And as long as it is obvious what/who is being referred to, I can't see that it's a major problem.

Bagpuss