International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (credit: icc.int) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda expressed concern over pre-election violence and growing ethnic tensions in west African nation Guinea ahead of the presidential election to be held on
Credit: African Union / African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union (AU) ended its two months suspension of Mali’s membership in the
US blacklisted key Iranian banks in a crippling blow to the country’s financial sector By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 18 Iranian banks and financial institutions effectively cutting them cut off from the international financial system. “Today, the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council on Thursday returned to its own chamber for an in-person meeting on the situation in west African nation Mali, the first time in almost seven months after a
Doors to manual and cross check for the last time as British Airways says farewell to its final 747s Oct. 08, 2020. /Photo Credit: Nick Morrish/British Airway By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways’ remaining two Boeing 747 aircraft based at London Heathrow taxied for
At the Palais de Koulouba in Bamako, the President of Transition, His Excellency Bah N’DAW received in audience the Special Representative of the Secretary General of United Nations at Mali and Head of MINUSMA, Mahamat Saleh Annadif Oct. 6, 2020. (MINUSMA twitter) By Gary Raynaldo
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) lifted crippling sanctions imposed
European Union Representative Josep Borrell By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell is coming under heavy attack by MEPs who accuse him of sending a “secret” mission to Venezuela in the run-up to the December 6 national elections.
U.S. Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has said it views the establishment of a transitional government in the Republic of Mali as an initial step towards a return to constitutional order. The National Committee for the Salvation of
Credit: Wikipedia / Some $1 Billion worth of Venezuela gold is held in the Bank of England in London By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A United Kingdom Appeals court handed the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro a major victory Monday, overturning a previous ruling