Credit: issafrica.org / The crisis-stricken Sahel currently epitomises the myriad of challenges facing the African continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The crisis in the Sahel region of west Africa is worsening amid violent extremism, drought, localised conflict over natural resources, transnational organised crime,
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Flag of Federal Republic of Ethiopia By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN human rights experts are urging the Ethiopian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations, in a new appeal for investigations into the deaths
Photo Credit: by Gary Raynaldo / U.N. symbol on window at United Nations Headquarters in New York. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The U.N. Human Rights Office is calling for an investigation into use of deadly violence
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / DEA / Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) July 2, 2018 – May 18, 2020 DIPLOMATIC TIMES Attorney General William P. Barr announced today Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon will become INTERPOL Washington Director
Credit: europol / Law enforcement authorities from Italy, Belgium and France, supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime network involved in euro counterfeiting, possibly largest ever. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Law enforcement authorities from Italy, Belgium and France, supported by EUROPOL, dismantled an organised crime network
Credit: europa.ba / Josep 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, said he is “deeply concerned” at the growing use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES BRITISH AIRWAYS is retiring its entire fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft, fondly known as ‘The Queen of the Skies’, after nearly 50 years of service as the airline suffers a severe travel downturn amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The
Credit: US AFRICA COMMAND / Verified image of a large improvised explosive device connected to Russian-backed Wagner Group hidden in cinder blocks within a residential area in Tripoli, Libya, according to AFRICOM. By Gary Raynado DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. military on Wednesday accused Russian
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. Federal judge Monday dismissed a ‘Helms-Burton’ lawsuit against the cruise company Carnival for doing business with Cuba. The judge in the Southern District of Florida Miami Division threw out the lawsuit filed in 2019 by Cuban-American Javier
Credit: facebook / ECOWAS has named Former Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Eble Jonathan as Special Envoy to Mali DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Former Nigeria President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, as a special envoy to