Credit: Wikipedia / Minister of Defense of Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko has been named prime minister after acting as interim PM since the sudden death of Amadou Gon Coulibaly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Minister of Defense of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko,
Credit: Wikipedia / Irish Defence Forces – A refugee rescue operation by the Irish Navy ship LE Eithne 28 June 2015 Mediterranean sea. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Thousands of refugees and migrants from east and west Africa trying to reach the Mediterranean are
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar Al-Assad By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under the so-called Caesar Act. The State Department and Treasury Department
Credit: U.S. Navy / Adm. Robert P. Burke is the new commander of the Naples, Italy-based U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Adm. Robert P. Burke has relieved Adm. James G. Foggo III as commander of both U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA)
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 The Pentagon has acknowledged that
Credit: Wikipedia / UN Security Council July 28, 2020 discussed the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin, as well as the challenging security situation in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES West African leaders urged Mali’s opposition groups to join the country’s
Credit: avrupa.info.tr / Joseph Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, accused Somalia’s Parliament of a “serious disrespect for the constitutional foundations of the country”
Credit: china.usembassy / The United States Consulate General at Chengdu, China By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES China closed the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu Monday in retaliation for an American order to shut down the Chinese consulate in Houston. The U.S. Consulate General at
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Top-of-the-range cars stolen in Germany dismantled and sold for parts. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF German and Polish law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol, dismantled a network of thieves stealing expensive cars equipped with KEYLESS GO systems. On the action day, 16 July 2020,