U.S. Africa Command’s Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Ambassador Andrew Young met with leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the DRC capital city Kinshasha Jan. 27-29, 2021 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Africa Command’s Deputy to the Commander
(credit: twitter.com/SomaliainUSA) Former Somali ambassador to the United States Abdikarim Ali Omar By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Somali ambassador to the United States Abdikarim Ali Omar has died in the United States of America at the age of 70. Omar died Jan. 20,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to assist with President Biden’s goal to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus in his first 100 days in office, John F. Kirby the Department of Defense’s (DOD)
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and France’s Armed Forces Minister Pledged Cooperation in fighting terrorism in the troubled AFRICA Sahel region. The two high-ranking defense officials spoke
U.S. Rear Adm. Heidi Berg , U.S. Africa Command Director of Intelligence meets with Maj. Gen. Osman Siraj, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Fitness and Sports Directorate in Sudan Jan. 25, 2021 (credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. AFRICA COMMAND senior
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone Wednesday with German Minister of Defence Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to reinforce the value the United States places on the bilateral defense relationship with “one of our closest NATO Allies.”
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The National Guard will keep about 5,000 troops present in Washington D.C. through March due to concerns over the potential for unrest. Acting Army Secretary John E. Whitley said in a press briefing Monday that the National Guard will
(credit: Wikipedia Commons ) Gregory Weldon Meeks (Democrat) is U.S. Representative for New York’s 5th Congressional District By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-D) has been elected to Chair the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, becoming the first African-American ever
(credit: theblackexpat.com) Lia Miller is a career Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State. She currently serves as the Chief of the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia located in the Caucasus region between Asia and Europe. By
(credit: U.S. Department of State) Linda Thomas-Greenfield is a career diplomat who has previously served as an ambassador to Liberia and the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 2013-2017 Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – President-elect Joe Biden