credit: primature.gov.ml.facebook.com / Mali Prime Minister Moctar Ouane chaired on behalf of the Head of Government HE Mr. Bah N’Daw the inaugural meeting of the Monitoring and Support Group for the Transition in Mali November 30, 2020. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Moctar Ouane, Prime Minister,
(twitter.com/un_minusma) Ouverture ce 30/11 /2020 de l’atelier du Groupe de Soutien à la Transition présidé par le 1er ministre malien, M. OUANE, en présence du RSSG ANNADIF, des représentants de l’#UA et #CEDEAO. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative for Mali and Head of the
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , is a military alliance, based in Brussels with 30 European and North American countries. (credit: wikipedia commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Despite the presence of thousands of UN peacekeepers and foreign troops, terror and violent attacks linked to
Operation Barkhane is France’s Counterterrorism Forces in Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATICT TIMES French troops killed a top commander of an al-Qaeda-linked armed group in West African nation Mali this week, France’s Defence Minister announced. Bah Ag Moussa, the military head of the Group to
UN Photo /Daniel Getachew Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General (left), meets the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital, Abuja Nov. 9, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed is on a two-week
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France conducted its first deployment
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The French Air Force dispatched two Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the West Africa Sahel in an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda in Mali, the French government said. Mirage fighter jets
UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged authorities in west African nation Mali to act swiftly to apprehend those responsible for two separate attacks on Thursday
Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa) sont responsables de la défense de l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté du Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At least 12 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the central Mopti region of the west African
Credit: African Union / African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union (AU) ended its two months suspension of Mali’s membership in the