(Credit: MINUSMA/Gema Cortes) UN peacekeepers patrol the Mopti region in central Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Egypt were killed Monday when the logistics convoy they were traveling in hit an improvised
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: UN) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the government of West African nation Mali to announce an “acceptable” vote timetable for holding elections. The UN chief made the
Mairama carries her son in a wrap at a site for internally displaced families in Ouahigouya, northern Burkina Faso in Sahel (© UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for concerted
UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Seven UN peacekeepers from Togo were killed Wednesday and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix at UN world headquarters in New York, NY (UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Monday it will take a
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / United Nations logo emblazoned on window inside UN world headquarters in New York City. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres “strongly” condemned an attack carried out by ‘armed
Credit: unowas / Mohamed Ibn Chambas. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Violent Islamist attacks across the West African Sahel
Credit: MINUSMA/Sylvain Liecht / UN peacekeepers from Chad patrol the streets of Kidal in Mali, December 2016. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – A UN blue helmet peacekeeper from Chad was killed Sunday and three others were seriously wounded
By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – The UN condemned on Wednesday with “the utmost energy”, terrorists attacks on military camps in central Mali that left at least 25 soldiers dead and many missing. The Malian Government reported the deadly attacks began Sunday