The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Uganda for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Ugandan counterpart, President Museveni Aug. 8, 2022 (Credit: twitter.com/HassanSMohamud) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – President Yoweri Museveni invited the
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, met Thursday Aug. 04, 2022 with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda. (Credit: USAmbUN /Twitter) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Correspondent KAMPALA – UGANDA – The average Ugandan is a bit mystified
Emblem of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and family members in Mali due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks in areas frequented by westerners
Uganda President Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) Oct. 01, 1975 (Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – This is the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in 1972 by President Idi Amin. On August
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – A new Scramble for Africa is on! French President Emmanuel Macron made visits to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea Bissau last week amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia’s
United Nations Peacekeepers patrol Butembo in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the security of local communities (UN Photo/Martine Perret) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Three UN peacekeepers and 15 protestors were
U.S. Congress Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / Credit: meeks.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov of continuing to “peddle disinformation in Africa
Paul Kagame, President of The Republic of Rwanda (Photo Credit: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Robert Menendez, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said this week he favors putting on hold all security aid
By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Moscow dispatched its top diplomat Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Uganda Monday on his third stop on an African tour to win over the Continent against Western pressure over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov
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 U.S. Africa Command confirmed it conducted