By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – An attack against UN peacekeepers in Mali over the weekend left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the improvised explosive device attacks against a
France Army Operation Barkhane Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, 34, was killed died in a battle with a terrorist group in West Africa Mali Sept. 24, 2021. ( Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France announced that
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appears on TV to announce the dissolution of Guinea’s government in Conarky Sept. 5, 2021. (Source: Screen shot by military junta sent to media.) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon denied Monday that any U.S. forces were involved
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Defence Minister Nitiwul of Ghana at NATO Headquarters on Monday in Brussels. During their meeting, Geoană and Nitiwul discussed potential opportunities for cooperation between Ghana and NATO. They also exchanged views on current security
The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea from its
President Alpha Condé of Guinea, speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, 20 January 2020 (Credit: DFID – UK Department for International Development) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea that forced long-time President Alpha
Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Rome with operations in 66 countries with a market capitalization of US$36.08 billion, as of 31 December 2020. (companieshistory.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTACTIC TIMES Italian multinational energy company ENI announced this week
The national flag of Algeria was adopted on 3 July 1962. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Algeria has cut diplomatic relations with its neighbor Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Tuesday at a news conference, accusing Rabat of “hostile actions”.
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 U.S. Africa Command confirmed it conducted
Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Credit: tesfanews.net ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed