First U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III withdrawal flight aircraft with American troops from Air Base 101 in Niamey on June 7, 2024 (Credit: U.S. Africom) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. has completed the withdrawal of its nearly 1,000 American
Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States and Botswana co-hosted the 2024 African Chiefs of Defense Conference last week in capital city Gaborone with top military leaders from across Africa. The
United States Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: uscongress) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks visited the headquarters of AFRICOM in Stuttgart, Germany while on a bipartisan delegation this week. The delegation received a
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with Angolan Defense Minister João Ernesto dos Santos prior to a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 28, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Gary Raynaldo
United States Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Credit: uscongress) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Congressman Gregory Meeks (NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the State Department to hold a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit (ALS) every four years.
John T. Godfrey, is new U.S. Ambassador to Sudan (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Ambassador John T. Godfrey has concluded his tenure as the first American Ambassador to Sudan in a quarter century. Former Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein has assumed charge.
(Credit: UNMINUSMA) Fermeture le 28/12 du camp de #Tombouctou. Engagés à finaliser le processus de liquidation dans les délais les plus courts possibles. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) made a complete withdrawal from west African nation Mali Sunday
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. (Source: Creative Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States military command in Africa
The United Nations Security Council By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES Earlier this month, the UN Security Council voted to terminate the mandate of its political mission in war-torn Sudan effective December 3. The action came after Khartoum authorities requested the immediate withdrawal of the UN
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The security situation in the African Sahel region has deteriorated significantly during the past decade amid terrorism and violent extremist groups there. The US Department of Defense “will support African-led counterterrorism operations to disrupt the most acute terrorist threats,