Credit: Independent.com By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES An undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football was shot dead Wednesday in Ghana capital city Accra. Unidentified men on motorbikes gunned down Ahmed Hussein-Suale. The journalist was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas
Credit: Africa Union @AUC_MoussaFaki / Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat By Gary Raynaldo The African Union denounced an attempted coup d’état Monday in the central Africa nation Gabon. The BBC reported that the political situation in Gabon is “under control” following an
Credit: Wikipedia / President Trump has deployed US soldiers to Libreville, Gabon to support the security of American personnel in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US military has deployed soldiers to Gabon amid fears of violent protests in neighbouring
Credit: gurtong.net / Nicholas Haysom , Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Somali government on Tuesday declared United Nations special representative Nicholas Haysom persona non grata for “violating protocols”
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that was scheduled this Sunday has been postponed until December 30, the DRC electoral commission announced today. Citing a fire that reportedly destroyed thousands of electronic voting machines, the DRC Independent National Election Commission (CENI) stated in was “technically
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES National Security Advisor John Bolton presented the White House’s Africa strategy last Thursday that is aimed at increasing efforts to counter Russian and Chinese influence on the Continent. The Strategy is focused on three areas: advancing U.S. trade and commercial ties in Africa,
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF AFP news agency says the Gabonese government has confirmed President Ali Bongo’s recent bout of ill health was the result of a stroke. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has for the first time, since his hospitalisation in Saudi Arabia last month, appeared in
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At least 53 persons were killed when suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a hotel last Friday in the Somalia capital city Mogadishu. Attacks were reported on the popular Sahafi Hotel, near the country’s criminal investigations department as two car
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Gabonese President Ali Bongo is seriously ill but on the mend, his spokesman says, ending weeks of official silence on his condition, according to the BBC. Bongo is currently being treated in Saudi Arabia. According to media reports the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES New York – Paul Biya, an octogenarian who has ruled Cameroon for 36 years, has been sworn in as the Central African country’s President for a seventh term. The opposition accused the October 7 elections of being rigged in favor