Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (credit icc.int/ By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and former minister Charles Blé Goudé on charges of war crimes. In January
Nigeria’s president Buhari chairing the 55th ordinary session of the ECOWAS. Adam Abu Bashal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Benjamin Maiangwa, Durham University In an article published in 1994 titled The Coming Anarchy, the American journalist Robert Kaplan predicted an impending Armageddon for West Africa due to what
(credit: twitter.com/AmbaFranceLibye) French ambassador Béatrice le Fraper du Hellen (right, next to France flag) as France embassy re-opened in the Libyan city Tripoli March 29, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France reopened its embassy in the Libyan city Tripoli Monday as
United States Department of State seal By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States strongly condemned “the horrific terrorist attacks” in the Sahel Africa nation Niger, which killed 137 civilians on Sunday. The killings represent Niger’s worst civilian massacre in recent memory, surpassing
© UNHCR/Chris Melzer Eritrean children play in the Adi Harush refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN has launched a probe into alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray
(credit: africom.mil / staff Sgt. Daniel Garcia) U.S. forces met with French forces stationed in Djibouti Horn of Africa. U.S. troops received interoperability training from the French, including military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) training March 19, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo
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 30 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack this week in the northern region of the west African
(credit: elliott.gwu.edu) Mauritanian diplomat El-Ghassim Wane has been named the new UN envoy to Mali By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday announced the appointment of El-Ghassim Wane of Mauritania as his new Special
Credit: Wikipedia / Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died Wednesday March 10, 2021 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko has reportedly died from cancer in the German city of Freiburg, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was
U.K. female soldiers deployed to Mali in front of one of the three Royal Air Force (RAF) twin-rotor Chinooks in west Africa Sahel nation providing crucial airlift support for France’s Barkhane anti-terror mission March 08, 2021. (credit:twitterUKdefenseafrica) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United Kingdom