France’s counter-terrorist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region of Africa ( Credit: http://foreignlegion.info) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A month after announcing France will pull soldiers out of its military counter-terror operation in Mali, French President Macron has apparently changed his mind. France said
(Credit: nigerianembassydublin.org) Dr. Uzoma Emenike is Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Dr. Uzoma Emenike is the current Nigeria Ambassador to the United States, the first female to serve as the west African nation’s top diplomat in America. Nigeria
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES’ UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) until 30 June 2022. Unanimously adopting resolution 2584 (2021) under Chapter VII of the Charter
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 7 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack Friday east central region of the west African nation, Mali’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – At least 12 German soldiers were among UN peacekeepers injured in a vehicle bomb attack on a camp in northern Mali on Friday, the UN said. The incident follows Thursday’s attack with another improvised
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (credit icc.int/ By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned to his home in Ivory Coast Thursday after being acquitted on war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court. In January 2019, the ICC cleared Gbagbo of
(Credit: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) United Nations peacekeepers on patrol in the Eastern Sector of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations called on authorities in troubled west African nation Mali to take immediate action to initiate
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 Mali from its regional
Inside Mali’s coup within a coup Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York City, NY By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent