U.S. President Joe Biden stands in the center front row in a group photo during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 15, 2022. (Ben Solomon/U.S. Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The international police agency INTERPOL is seeking the arrest of Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan tycoon who was formerly Africa’s richest woman. Interpol has
Woman working in a gold mine, Siguiri Prefecture, Guinea, West Africa (Credit: USAID) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – I walk near the River Nyamwamba in Kasese district of Western Uganda for my reporting on the environmental hazard caused by
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, prepare to depart for Libreville, Gabon, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 2, 2019. (Credit: U.S. Army) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON
Source: Wikipedia Commons / 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. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab killed
Man with Ebola in the Congo 2009 (Credit: microbewiki.kenyon.edu) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – There is a crisis in Uganda. The Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Uganda with at least 51 deaths reported as health officials struggle to
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council voted Thursday to extend the mandate of the UN mission MINURSO for one year. The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing struggle between
During his first trip to North Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley visited Morocco, Tunisia, and the USNS Trenton from October 17-19, 2022. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael
United Nations Security Council Meets on the Situation in Mali at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 18, 2022. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council Tuesday expressed concern about
Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Credit: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko ) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – At least four U.N. peacekeepers from Chad were killed Monday