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. (Source: Creative Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996. Ambassador Katetegirwe died June 26, 2023 at age 92. By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Former Ugandan Ambassador to
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud before a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitzaca) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command (left) meets with Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu during visit to Somalia June 13-14, 2023. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa
By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Burkina Faso were killed in the Timbuktu region of West African nation Mali, and eight others injured in an attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The UN Mission in
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Delivers Remarks Upon Being Named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. April 12, 2021. (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. State Department’s first ever Chief Diversity and
(Credit: Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©DIPLOMATIC TIMES ) Protestors rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of City Hall in San Francisco, CA June 04, 2023. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT SAN FRANCISCO – Hundreds of supporters
Flag of the Republic of Uganda By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the most extreme anti-homosexuality law in Africa that includes the death penalty. In Uganda, they can now kill those who
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer is traveling to Ethiopia and Djibouti May 31 – June 6 to participate in an
President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to succeed Army Gen. Mark A. Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Credit: U.S. Airforce) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – President Joe Biden