Credit: /UN_MINUSMA /Harandane Dicko /  MINUSMA Peacekeeping troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo     DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED  NATIONS   –   NEW YORK –  The UN Secretariat welcomed  a one-billion-dollar pledge by leaders of West African States (ECOWAS) to combat rising … Continue reading UN Welcomes West African States (ECOWAS) $1 Billion Pledge To Fight Terrorism