Jihadist violence in spreading rapidly in the African SAHEL region By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Six French aid workers and two locals were killed Sunday in ambush in Niger wildlife park in the West African nation. The group was apparently attacked in a giraffe
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell sharply criticized Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus for the “disproportionate and unacceptable state violence against peaceful protesters”. According to a preliminary
European Union External Action Service welcomed conclusion of five-month standoff in Guyana Elections. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The EU Saturday welcomed the” peaceful and democratic conclusion” of the electoral process in Guyana and congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing-in. Five months
Credit: Wikipedia / Central African Republic (CAR) flag By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Treasury Department Friday sanctioned Bi Sidi Souleymane, a notorious leader of a murderous group that has committed numerous human rights abuses and displaced thousands of people in the
Credit: britannica.com/ Alassane Ouattara President Of CÔTE D’IVOIRE (Ivory Coast) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has formally accepted the nomination of the ruling party to be its presidential candidate in October’s election despite it being “illegal” and
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York. The Security Council held an open debate titled “Addressing the Issue of Linkages between Terrorism and Organised Crime” August 6, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The
Credit: Wikipedia / Citgo Petroleum Corporation (CITGO), a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. prosecutors charged a former Citgo Petroleum manager in connection with an international bribery and money laundering scheme. Jose Luis De
Credit: U.S. Department of State / U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook at the announcement of the creation of the Iran Action Group in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State, Aug. 16, 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
Source: Getty/AFP / Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, Zimbabwe businessman DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The United States Wednesday slapped sanctions on businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his firm Sakunda Holdings for materially assisting senior Zimbabwean government officials involved in public corruption. “Tagwirei has longstanding ties to the ruling party
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield , an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017, was the moderator of Honoring Dr. Ralph J.