Credit: Wikipedia / U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. top diplomat for Africa Tibor Nagy said although the new government of Sudan is a “very positive partner “, there is no
Credit: africa-me.com / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro says he will be a candidate in the Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire set for November 2020 despite his political exile in Europe. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK –
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / American Special Forces training along side Nigerien soldiers 2018. The U.S. Department of Defense is considering a reduction of American military assets in Africa, notably West Africa. There are approximately 800 American military personnel stationed in W. Africa, mostly at a
Credit: en.granma.cu/ Tensions between Cuba and Bolivia have been boiling over since the new interim government of Jeanine Áñez’ was formed after former President Evo Morales left the Latin American nation November 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A diplomatic row has erupted
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Italian Carabinieri arrests Romanian kingpin of rare book thieves this month in Turin, Italy. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A 40-year-old Romanian national, who was wanted by the British authorities since June 2019, was arrested earlier this month in Turin,
DIPLOMATIC TIME STAFF WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper welcomed France’s Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly to the Pentagon Monday in Washington D.C. to discuss issues of mutual interest between their nations. Parly is in the U.S. Capital this week amid fears
The military of the Republic of Mali has sustained heavy casualties in a series of deadly Jihadists attacks the past year, with more than 100 Malian soldiers killed in just the last four months alone. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS –
Credit: adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en / Fiumicino Airport is the first airport in Italy to test the new boarding procedure of the future using biometric recognition. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLPMATIC TIMES Fiumicino Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. launched a Seamless Flow™ One-ID pilot in partnership
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Isabel dos Santos, also known as “the princess” in oil-rich African nation Angola, has been charged with money laundering, influence peddling, and other financial
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks at press briefing outside the U.S. Senate on Capital Hill in Washington D.C. Jan. 22, 2020 announcing the first ever “friend of the Senate” letter denouncing the impeachment trial against President