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
UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN is preparing for an “unprecedented” withdrawal of some 12,947 peacekeeping troops in violence-ridden Mali. In June, the military junta in the
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 WASHINGTON DC – A U.S. airstrike against
United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Department of State is ordering the temporary evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Niger’s capital city Niamey. State Department spokesperson
The Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa. Niger is bordered by ALGERIA to the northwest, MALI and BURKINA FASO to the west, BENIN to the southwest, NIGERIA to the south, CHAD to the east, and LIBYA to the northeast. By Gary
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 U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab killed
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 U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996. Ambassador Katetegirwe died June 26, 2023 at age 92. By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Former Ugandan Ambassador to