Credit: wikipedia / A Predator drone. U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamist militants in Horn of Africa nation Somalia have increased dramatically under Trump Administration. American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for counter-terror
Credit: Alexandria Sheriff’s Office / Booking photo shows Peter Debbins, a former Army Green Beret, who was arrested Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, for allegedly conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A
Credit: africom.mil/ US Donates $8 Million in Military Equipment to NIGER and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners to combat terrorism in the region. DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The
Credit: Wikipedia / 35e RAP / French troops of the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment (35e RAP) board a helicopter during a mission. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France will continue its Operation Barkhane anti-insurgent campaign in Mali’s Sahel region despite a military coup earlier
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is demanding the immediate
Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (centre) speaks during a press conference on August 19, 2020. ANNIE RISEMBERG/AFP via Getty Images Bruce Whitehouse, Lehigh University Soldiers have ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who has now resigned, alongside the country’s prime minister.
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / James Swan, head of the United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), speaks at the International Peace Institute forum in New York City February 25, 2020 discussion of Somalia’s recent progress and immediate future. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
Jose Filomeno dos Santos led oil-rich Angola’s sovereign wealth fund during his father’s rule. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angola’s Supreme Court handed a five-year jail sentence to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the oil-rich country’s former president, for embezzlement of public
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at UN chief’s residence in New York City Aug. 20, 2020 regarding the U.S. triggering of ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran. By Gary Raynaldo
Credit / UN.ORG / MINUSMA/Marco Dormino / UN Blue Helmets/ Senegalese UNPOL Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali UN MINUSMA peacekeeping mission. Mali is considered the world’s most dangerous UN missions, with nearly 130 blue helmets killed in the past six years. By Gary