Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, with Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the Republic of the Congo. (credit: Judith Litvine/MEAE) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is visiting Brazzaville in the central-African nation Republic
credit: twitter.compresidencemali / French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meets with Transitional President of Mali Bah N’daw in Bamako Oct. 26, 2020 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In the first by visit to Mali by a French politician since army officers ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar
Despite commendable progress over the past decade, continued social and political polarization in Côte d’Ivoire could lead to another bout of instability in a country long known as an anchor in West Africa. Ten years after a civil conflict that led to 3,000 deaths,
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 25, 2020. (U.S. Embassy Khartoum photo by Alsanosi Ali) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Trump administration has removed Sudan from a terrorism blacklist after the
The former President Of Ghana Jerry John Rawlins met with a delegation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) led by its Chairman, Colonel Assimi Goïta in Ghana city Accra Sep. 16, 2020. It was Colonel Goita’s first foreign trip since
www.youtube.com / France 24 Exclusif – Simone Gbagbo : “Laurent Gbagbo a le droit de revenir dans son pays“ DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF FRANCE 24 – Depuis son amnistie par le président Alassane Ouattara, Simone Gbagbo, , se fait rare dans les médias. Dans un entretien
Credit: U.S. Department of State / Rwanda Genocide fugitive, Félicien Kabuga, was arrested May 16, 2020 near Paris. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A French appeals court ruled Wednesday that alleged Rwandan genocide financier Félicien Kabuga should be transferred to a UN tribunal in
Gold makes up the largest portion of illicit capital flights from Africa, totaling tens of billions of dollars annually. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United Nations estimates that every year, $88.6 billion, equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent as
Exiled Ivory Coast opposition leader Guillaume Soro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Tuesday called on Abidjan officials to restore exiled opposition leader Guillaume Soro to the electoral list of candidates for the upcoming presidential elections in
Credit: Wikipedia / Angola, one of the largest producers of crude in Africa, is facing economic hardship amid slump in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday approved a disbursement of US$1 Billion to