Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Southern Yemeni Immigrants in USA rally in New York City Aug. 19, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Yemen’s main separatist group in the country’s south, the Southern Transitional Council, declared it would establish self-rule in areas under its control.
Credit: britannica.com/ ulldellebre—iStock/Thinkstock / Mosque of Djenné, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday approved a disbursement of US$200 million to west Africa nation Mali under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address the COVID-pandemic. According to the IMF, the
Credit: France24 screen shot / Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore with French President Macron and Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou at the Pau Summit in France Jan. 13, 2020. France and the G5 Sahel (Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania) agree for a “Coalition for
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is a candidate in next year’s Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) ordered Côte d’Ivoire to suspend its
Credit: alchetron.com/ Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, former head of the rebellion in West African nation Ivory Coast, and Prime Minister By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Guillaume Soro, the exiled former politician in West African nation Ivory Coast and presidential candidate who vowed
Credit: Interpol.int / The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES INTERPOL’s operational working relationship with Afripol, the African Union (AU) Mechanism for Police Cooperation, was launched in an on-line ceremony at the International Criminal Police’s headquarters in Lyon,
Source: Wikipedia Commons / American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the United States Air Force for counter-terror airstrikes in the Horn-of-African nation Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon has acknowledged
Credit: World Health Organization/Daniel Elombat / By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to 29,377, with 1,339 deaths according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). In Africa, the virus has spread
Credit: consilium.europa.eu / Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union’s top diplomat and foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy called for a humanitarian truce
Source: Presidentpaulbiyatwitter.com / Cameroon President Paul Biya in meeting with the Ambassador of France to Cameroon Christophe Guilhou at the Palais de l’Unité in Yaoundé, April 16, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The 87-year-old President of Cameroon Paul Biya apparently disappeared from