Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a press conference at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 14, 2023. (Credit: DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin spoke with
A UN MINUSMA peacekeeper stands guard at a stop on the way to village of Ogossagou 144 kilometres from town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. (UN Photo: Harandane Dicko Aug. 30, 2022) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED
Entebbe International Airport in the Republic of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Just about every Ugandan who utilizes Entebbe International Airport has their own painful experience while traveling out of the country and while returning home.
The 66.75-metre superyacht Blue Shadow owned by Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue has reportedly been seized by South African officals in Cape Town. (Credit: superyachttimes.com) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES South African officials have seized the 66.75-metre super yacht Blue Shadow owned
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses media during press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 15, 2023. While in Europe, Austin hosted the ninth Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES
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. (Source: Creative Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington DC (Credit: US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the various unidentified objects shot down over U.S. skies recently are “not a military threat” to
Head of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo received, on Monday Feb. 6, 2023, in Kinshasha the credentials of Lucy Tamlyn, the United States Ambassador to DRC. (Credit: twitter.com/Presidence_RDC By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United States Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn
The flag of the Republic of Uganda By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Meet Muhindo Jimmy. The 32-year-old politician representing the Kasese district in Municipality says older politicians in the East African nation are intimidated by younger ones such as
(Credit: University of Pretoria twitter) Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee (center) began her three-African nation visit in Pretoria, South Africa at University of Pretoria Feb. 7, 2023. Phee met with Director-General Nkosinathi Sishi (left). By Gary Raynaldo