Ink Drop/Shutterstock Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question. Issues like corruption and infrastructural decay have held the country down from playing a leadership role in Africa. As have
Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten / Nicolas de Rivière (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations, presents his credentials to Secretary-General António Guterres July 8, 2019. Monsieur de Rivière is the President of the UN Security Council the month of June,
Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC), for Somalia, AMISOM Photo / Ilyas Ahmed By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council Friday extended the African Union Mission in
Source: https://twitter.com/JZarif/ Iran Foreign Minister took to Twitter to accuse to U.S. of being racist amid the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Minnesota that has spawned angry protests across American over racial injustice. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Libyan Dinar By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Republic of Malta seized $1.1 billion worth of counterfeit Libyan dinars earlier this week, the U.S. State Department said Friday. “The United States commends the Government of the Republic of Malta’s
Credit: unhumanrights.orgtwitter.com / Protests rage across America after the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK –
Credit: Credit: ©ICC-CPI/ Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court Thursday eased conditions on the release of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal
WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, Lagos State University Racism against Nigerians – and other Africans – is not new in China. Africa-China history is marked by solidarity, but also dented by old and new racism. Nothing at this moment suggests that the
Algeria recalled its ambassador this week in Paris over France television controversial broadcasts about Hirak protest movement By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A diplomatic row has erupted between Algeria and France after the airing of controversial broadcasts on state-owned French TV that the
Credit: OAS / Luis Almagro , Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The controversial Luis Almagro was sworn in as Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Wednesday. Almagro was