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UN Renews $1.2 BILLION MINUSMA Peacekeeping Mission in MALI as FRANCE Withdraws Troops

Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol.   (Photo / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) By   Gary   Raynaldo   DIPLOMATIC  TIMES UNITED  NATIONS  –  NEW  YORK  –  The  Security Council  on Wednesday  renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional

Bizarre Leadership of RWANDA President Kagame, Amidst Claims of Human Rights Abuses

Rwanda President Paul Kagame  während der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz 2017 (Credit: Wikipedia/ securityconference.org) By  Atwine Allen   –    DIPLOMATIC TIMES   CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA,  UGANDA  –   Rwandan President Paul Kagame who has taken over as the new chairman of Commonwealth club, has been criticized for his treatment of

FORMER UGANDA AIRLINES CEO, CORNWELL MULEYA ARRESTED

Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda in  hub located at  Entebbe International Airport. (Source: ugandairlines.com) By  Atwine Allen   –    DIPLOMATIC TIMES   CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA,  UGANDA  –   The inspectorate Government , with the help of the Uganda police, has arrested Mr. Cornwell Muleya, the former

KENYA Hosts EAC Leaders To Deploy Troops to DR CONGO

His Excellency Uhuru KENYATTA, President of the Republic of Kenya (left standing) receives President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo at State House, in Nairobi where the leaders of East African countries  ( EAC) met on inter-Congolese Dialogue of the Nairobi process in

U.S. Offers $2 MILLION Reward For Two Kenyan Wildlife, Drug Traffickers

(Photo by Atwine Allen / ©Diplomatic Times)  Elephant at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. By  Atwine Allen   –    DIPLOMATIC TIMES   CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA,  UGANDA  –  The United States  is offering rewards of up to $1 million each for information leading to the arrests

UN Chief Says “Terrible Consequences” For MALI Civilians If MINUSMA Ends

(Credit: MINUSMA/Blagoje Grujic)  UN peacekeepers on patrol in Kidal, Mali. By  Gary   Raynaldo    DIPLOMATIC  TIMES UNITED  NATIONS  –  NEW  YORK  –   Mali remains locked in a dangerous, “endless cycle of instability”  amid a military coup, delay of return to civilian rule, on-going extremist attacks,

AFRICA Is Ripe For a Single Justice System – UGANDA Counsel Ndabamanya Says

Ndabamanya Duncan, is a Magistrate Emeritus in Uganda  (Courtesy of Ndabamanya Duncan) By Atwine Allen  –   DIPLOMATIC  TIMES KAMPALA,  UGANDA   –  Ndabamanya Duncan, is a Magistrate Emeritus in Uganda. In this chat with Diplomatic Times’  East Africa  correspondent, Atwine Allen, in Uganda, he speaks about