Credit: /UN_MINUSMA /Harandane Dicko / MINUSMA Peacekeeping troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The cycle of deadly violence continues in west Africa nation Mali, just days after its Prime Minister resigned along with the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The government of west-Africa nation Mali appears helpless and unable to stem the tide of deadly violence gripping the country. The latest violence was a horrific massacre on March 23 in which 160 people were killed in the village
Credit: Wikipedia / Kalou Kaka / JEM rebels attacked the Sudanese capital of Khartoum in 2008. The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, is a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan
Credit: et.usembassy.gov / Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump with Sara Abera, the owner of Muya Ethiopia, a leading textile and handicrafts company in Addis Ababa Apr. 14, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States wants to help empower African women and
Credit: presidency.gov.gh / Ghana H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo meets Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez Apr. 5, 2019 in Havana, Cuba DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the prospects for scaling-up economic relations between Ghana and
Photo by Gary Raynaldo / President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi speaks at Council on Foreign Relations forum Washington D.C. April 4, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON D.C. – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s newly-elected President Felix Tshisekedi invited the
Photo by Gary Raynaldo / Professor Adekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg, at International Peace Institute in Manhattan, NY policy forum Mar. 29, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NIGERIA and SOUTH AFRICA are regional, economic powerhouses on
Credit: ml.usembassy.gov / JE SUIS MALI / U.S. Solidarity With Mali By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States condemned the deadly attack in west Africa nation Mali last Saturday that left more than 150 civilians dead including many women and children. “The United
Credit: UN.org / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko / UN Security Council delegation press conference with the national and international press at the Sheraton Hotel in Bamako, Mali Mar. 23, 2019. UN Security Council President French ambassador to the United Nations Francois Delattre ( 2nd-from right) and German
credit: wikipedia public domain / French military helicopter in Operation Barkhane, anti-insurgent operation in Africa’s Sahel region. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES More than 130 people were killed including women and children in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday,