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
U.S. House of Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / (Credit: meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Thursday condemned the recent military coup in Burkina Faso, saying it is part of a larger, “more alarming picture of anti-democratic movements” in West Africa.
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 over the weekend
H.E. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of Faso, Head of State, President of the Council of Ministers of Burkina Faso, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-seventh session at UN world headquarters Sept. 23, 2022 (Photo: UN photo/ Cia Pak) By Gary Raynaldo
Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley made his first visit to the Sahel this week since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9, 2022. Langley
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996 By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT -ISINGIRO DISTRICT, UGANDA – (EDITOR’S NOTE: Diplomatic Times East Africa Correspondent Atwiine Allen interviewed (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of
Western nations have yet to provide the African continent with a single vaccine dose to combat the monkeypox virus, according to African health officials (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – While a vaccine is readily available in the
United States Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley visited Djibouti, Somalia, and Manda Bay, Kenya, August 28-31, 2022 on his first trip to Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on August 9, 2022. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The new commander of
A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti Aug. 30, 2022. (Credit WFP) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The first maritime shipment of