Raffaele Imperiale and Mauriello were subjects of INTERPOL Red Notices (Credit: Interpol.int) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT LYON, France – INTERPOL’s global network has helped secure the arrest of two high-profile members of the Camorra organized crime group. Raffaele Imperiale, 46, was arrested by the Dubai
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appears on TV to announce the dissolution of Guinea’s government in Conarky Sept. 5, 2021. (Source: Screen shot by military junta sent to media.) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon denied Monday that any U.S. forces were involved
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City Sept. 8, 2021 C(redit U.S. DOD Photo by Chad J. McNeele) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of Defense Lloyd
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Defence Minister Nitiwul of Ghana at NATO Headquarters on Monday in Brussels. During their meeting, Geoană and Nitiwul discussed potential opportunities for cooperation between Ghana and NATO. They also exchanged views on current security
Molly Catherine Phee, a career diplomat, is President Biden’s nominee to become his U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. (Credit USIP.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Career Foreign Service member Molly Catherine Phee is poised to become President Biden’s top diplomat in Africa.
The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea from its
President Alpha Condé of Guinea, speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, 20 January 2020 (Credit: DFID – UK Department for International Development) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea that forced long-time President Alpha
Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Rome with operations in 66 countries with a market capitalization of US$36.08 billion, as of 31 December 2020. (companieshistory.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTACTIC TIMES Italian multinational energy company ENI announced this week
U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Thursday announced that the cargo ship HERMANN (Cuban-flagged, owned by Compania Navegacion Golfo SA) had been removed from Cuba sanctions lists. The OFAC also announced
Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and Security Council addresses the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation June 30, 2021. (Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – IRELAND officially took over as