The G5 anti-jihadist force operates in Africa’s Sahel area By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES West African nations Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the G5 Sahel anti-jihadi force effective November 9, the two countries announced in a joint press statement this weekend. The
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 Exiled former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has been given the ok to
President of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara met in Paris Wednesday. The two leaders engaged in discussions at the Élysée Palace that reportedly included the recent coup
(Source: Wikipedia Commons) Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan visited Ethiopia Tuesday and met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy and African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki amid the ongoing
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III shakes hands with President of Angola João Lourenço during a bilateral exchange at the Angola presidential palace in Luanda, Angola, Sept. 27, 2023. Austin met with Lourenço to advance the growing U.S.-Angola bilateral defense relationship and address
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Kenya President William Samoei Ruto pose for a photo during a bilateral exchange at the Kenya State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 25, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Gary
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during a bilateral exchange at Djiboutian presidential palace in Djibouti, Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Gary Raynaldo
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be traveling to the continent of Africa from September 23-28 visiting Djibouti, Kenya, and Angola, the Pentagon announced. Djibouti, a small east African nation
U.S. and Zambian military officers in front of one of the helicopters donated to Zambia by the U.S. government in Lusaka Sept. 12, 2023. (Credit: AFRICOM) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States will supply southern African nation Zambia with four Bell
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 A suspected drone strike in the vicinity