German peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission (Photo: Bundeswehr/Guido Ritter) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany has halted peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission amid concerns over the safety of soldiers. German Defense Minister Christine
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday Aug. 18, 2022 met and held discussions with visiting US Senator Chris Coons who paid him a courtesy call at State House Nairobi. (Credit: twitter.com/StateHouseKenya) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday met and held discussions
William Samoei Ruto is the Fifth President of the Republic of Kenya (Source: World Trade Organization) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – Kenya’s Independent Electoral Bureau Commission (IEBC) officially declared Deputy President William Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance as
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 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Africa Command
Salman Rushdie at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival 01 May 2012 (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have “incited violence” against Salman Rushdie for generations, while
Airbus A319-100 plane bearing tail number P4-MGU and serial number 5445 is owned by Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch (Credit: U.S. Department of Justice) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States obtained a warrant to seize an Airbus A319-100 (the Airbus) private plane
Flag of the President of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – The world’s two super powers the United States and Russia have dragged Uganda into the middle of its rivalry. The average Ugandan has been left
The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Uganda for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Ugandan counterpart, President Museveni Aug. 8, 2022 (Credit: twitter.com/HassanSMohamud) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – President Yoweri Museveni invited the
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III passes the U.S. Africa Command guidon to Lt. Gen. Michael Langley, incoming commander of AFRICOM, during a Change of Command Ceremony in Stuttgart, German Aug. 09, 2022. Langley became the sixth commander since the command was established in
(Photo by: U.S. Defense Department) Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder is the new Pentagon Press Secretary By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES PENTAGON – WASHINGTON DC – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a veteran spokesman at the