(credit: UKMOD / British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visits the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), where UK soldiers prepare for global operations during East Africa visit Jan. 21-23, 2021. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT British Defense Minister Ben Wallace travelled to East African nations of
(credit: UN Somalia) Violent extremists have carried out bombings in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on various occasions. Pictured here is the aftermath of a car bomb attack on the city’s Banadir Beach hotel in August 2016. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
(credit: Wikipedia) Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Parliament voted Thursday to remove prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba in the latest move in an on-going power struggle in the Sub-Sahara
ing Major-General Leo Irabor, is Nigeria’s new Chief of Defence Staff (credit: facebook) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the commanders of the military-army chiefs amid the worsening security situation in the West African nation. President Buhari made
credit: Wikipedia, Courtesy by Pierre Delattre / France Panhard ERC-90 Sagaie 6X6 Armored Fighting Vehicle By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France delivered nine Panhard ERC-90 6×6 armoured vehicles to Chad’s military Saturday to beef up the west African nation’s counter-terror operations in the
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 6 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the central Mopti region of the west African nation,
(credit: un photo) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at UN world headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged authorities in Cameroon to take steps to prosecute perpetrators behind two recent deadly
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested at Robert Mugabe International airport in October for allegedly attempting to smuggle 13 pounds of gold worth $300,000 to Dubai, Middle East. (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta
Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor died Thursday December 10, 2020 at age 85. (photo: Abdoulaziz Adili Toro) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor has died at the age of 85. Ambassador Nsofor was
Credit: ©ICC-CPI/ Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands January 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast has given back the passport of its former president Laurent Gbagbo, paving the way for his return home to