A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti Aug. 30, 2022. (Credit WFP) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The first maritime shipment of
L3Harris’ VAMPIRE, or Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment. (Credit: L3Harris) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Biden administration is sending an additional $3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine security. President Biden announced the aid at
United Nations diplomat from South Sudan Charles Dickens Imene Oliha (Photo: Facebook) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – A South Sudanese diplomat with the United Nations allegedly raped a New York City woman twice in her apartment.
Ambassador John Godfrey (Right) U.S. first ambassador to Sudan in 25 years, arrived in Khartoum Aug. 24, 2022 (Credit: usembassy.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ambassador John Godfrey, the first U.S. Ambassador to Sudan in nearly 25 years, arrived in Khartoum this week.
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, listens to a speech during the opening of the 20th session of The New Partnership for Africa’s Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 31, 2009. (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
General Elly Tumwine, one of the heroes of the 1986 Luweero bush war that brought the current NRM government to power. By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – General Elly Tumwine, best known as one of the heroes of the
Students in Uganda (Source: United States Agency for International Development January 2008) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT -KAMPALA, UGANDA – (EDITOR’S NOTE: Diplomatic Times East Africa Correspondent Atwine Allen interviewed several students who are studying Bachelor’s in Education at the Bugema University
The late Nigerian military leader and President Sani Abacha (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s late military dictator Sani Abacha reportedly looted the east African nation of billions of dollars before he died in 1998. The Nigerian government Wednesday signed a
Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Pakistani police have charged Imran Khan under anti-terror law after the former prime minister told neutrals at a rally to stand with ‘nation, justice and country’, not thieves. Police
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres “strongly” condemned a “terrorist” attack on the Hayat hotel in Mogadishu Friday that left at least 21 persons dead. Somalian authorities said Islamist militants sieged the upscale hotel in Somalia’s