Brigadier Alexandre Martin , of the 54th artillery regiment, was killed in combat in Mali Jan. 22, 2022 (Source: ministère des armées françaises) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A French soldier was killed Saturday in a mortar attack on the Operation Barkhane
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 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Many of the victims of the deadly Bronx apartment fire were immigrants from West African nation Gambia. Volunteers stand outside The Gambian Youth Organization at 214 E. 181st Street where items like clothing, food and toiletries can be dropped
Air Forces Africa delivered a second U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules, formally transferred to the Nigerien Armed Forces during a Dec. 7 , 2021 ceremony at the Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Air Force
United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeff Feltman (Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons Patrick Tsui/FCO) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman is urging a diplomatic solution to the year-long military conflict
Logo of United Nations at UN world headquarters in New York (Photo credit: Diplomatic Times) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations reported Thursday that six detained UN staff members were released. At least 16 UN
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Mahdi to show U.S. support for the Sudan civilian-led transitional government in Khartoum Nov. 15, 2021. (twitter.comusembassykrt) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Assistant Secretary of State for
Flag of Eritrea (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party because “Eritrea’s destabilizing presence in Ethiopia” is prolonging the year-long bloody conflict. Since the outbreak of the military conflict in 2020,
Seal of the United States Department Of State (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency American government employees and their families in Ethiopia amid armed conflict, civil unrest and possibly shortages in the Horn
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Credit: twitter.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The year-long civil war in Ethiopia has reached a crisis point as several rebel groups advance toward the Horn of Africa nation’s capital city Addis Ababa