Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud before a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitzaca) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command (left) meets with Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu during visit to Somalia June 13-14, 2023. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa
By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Burkina Faso were killed in the Timbuktu region of West African nation Mali, and eight others injured in an attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The UN Mission in
Flag of the Republic of Uganda By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the most extreme anti-homosexuality law in Africa that includes the death penalty. In Uganda, they can now kill those who
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary General António Guterres Monday called for an “immediate” ceasefire to the conflict in Northeast African nation Sudan that has seen nearly 200 people killed. Rival armed forces were locked in a
Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON D.C. – African nations would be better off by not getting involved with the controversial Russian Wagner Group to help solve their problems, according to
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 In the latest quarterly civilian
Somali and Kenyan troops celebrate al-Shabaab’s retreat from Kismayo Airport, 2012. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. and the United Kingdom are leading efforts to increase military assistance for Horn of Africa nation Somalia to Battle
A UN MINUSMA peacekeeper stands guard at a stop on the way to village of Ogossagou 144 kilometres from town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. (UN Photo: Harandane Dicko Aug. 30, 2022) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED
Entebbe International Airport in the Republic of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Just about every Ugandan who utilizes Entebbe International Airport has their own painful experience while traveling out of the country and while returning home.