UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN is preparing for an “unprecedented” withdrawal of some 12,947 peacekeeping troops in violence-ridden Mali. In June, the military junta in the
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 WASHINGTON DC – A U.S. airstrike against
Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice Desirée Cormier Smith delivers remarks at the first annual ceremony for the Secretary of State’s Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 9, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times ) San Francisco Police Chief William Scott (right) and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins during a press conference after announcing arrest of a suspect in Bob Lee murder Apr. 13, 2023. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT
United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Department of State is ordering the temporary evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Niger’s capital city Niamey. State Department spokesperson
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine Feb. 25, 2022. (UN Photo) UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UNITED STATES officially took over as President of the UN
United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (Credit: Diplomatic Times) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The security situation in wider West Africa could worsen unless the political crisis in Niger is resolved, the top UN official for
The Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa. Niger is bordered by ALGERIA to the northwest, MALI and BURKINA FASO to the west, BENIN to the southwest, NIGERIA to the south, CHAD to the east, and LIBYA to the northeast. By Gary