By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States imposed economic sanctions on Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh, the former first lady of The Gambia , for her alleged role in supporting the notoriously corrupt former president of the tiny West African nation. Zineb Jammeh is
abidjanpress.com / Exiled Ivory Coast opposition leader Guillaume Soro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast opposition leader Guillaume Soro has declared his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in the west African nation. Soro, a former rebel leader who has also been barred
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is opposition leader against third Presidential candidature of Alassane Ouattara in October 2020 Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Ivorian politician Guillaume Soro is calling on
Credit: ©ICC/CPI / Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Despite an Ivorian judicial ruling excluding former President Laurent Gbagbo from a list of candidates for the October 31 elections, supporters are filing
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 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a controversial speech Tuesday from
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from France on August 7. SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images Adem K Abebe, University of Pretoria Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara (78) has finally confirmed he’ll seek a third
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is demanding the immediate
Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (centre) speaks during a press conference on August 19, 2020. ANNIE RISEMBERG/AFP via Getty Images Bruce Whitehouse, Lehigh University Soldiers have ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who has now resigned, alongside the country’s prime minister.
Jose Filomeno dos Santos led oil-rich Angola’s sovereign wealth fund during his father’s rule. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angola’s Supreme Court handed a five-year jail sentence to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the oil-rich country’s former president, for embezzlement of public
Credit: Wikipedia / Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned after a military mutiny that has plunged the west African nation in to political chaos. Early Tuesday before the surprise announcement on Wednesday, President