By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Charles Blé Goudé was known as Ivory Coast’s “street general” for his charisma and ability to rally the West African nation’s youth and stir up crowds during emotional speeches condemning colonialism. Blé Goudé was also former President
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The Angolan government of President Joao Lourenço has ordered the assets and banks account of Isabel dos Santos to be frozen. Dos Santos, the daughter of former Angola
Credit: africa-me.com / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is a candidate in next year’s Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES Guillaume Soro, former head of the rebellion in West African nation Ivory Coast and
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is a candidate in next year’s Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Republic of Ivory Coast issued an arrest warrant this week for Guillaume
Credit: Wikipedia / Malian soldiers stand in formation during the closing ceremony of Exercise Flintlock in Bamako, Mali, November 20, 2008. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – In the past five weeks, nearly 100 Malian soldiers have been killed
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria speaks at Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington D.C. Oct. 15, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES Special Envoys are powerful Diplomatic tools who serve
Credit: © Borigue/Flickr/ Cameroon Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC) opposition leader Maurice Kamto was arrested by Cameroonian authorities in January 2019 and charged with insurrection. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Cameroon’s main opposition leader, Maurice
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / President João Lourenço of south-central African nation ANGOLA speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan, NY Sep. 23, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES In 2017, João Lourenço became Angola’s first new president in nearly 40 years. Lourenco
Credit: /UN_MINUSMA /Harandane Dicko / MINUSMA Peacekeeping troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Secretariat welcomed a one-billion-dollar pledge by leaders of West African States (ECOWAS) to combat rising
Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / Ambassador of Niger to the United States Abdallah Wafy (left), Ambassador of Mauritania to the U.S. Ba Samba Mamadou, and Second Adviser of the Embassy of Mali in the U.S. Ibrahima Biridogo , participate in the Africa Center for Strategic