Credit: ICC.CPI / Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefs United Nations Security Council members during the open video conference in connection with the International Criminal Court and the situation in Libya May 5, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
Credit: U.S. Department of State / Ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz is the new U.S. envoy to the EU. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF President Trump appointed the U.S. ambassador to Belgium Ronald J. Gidwitz to serve as the acting ambassador to the European Union (EU). The posting
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington, D.C. Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A man who popped off nearly three dozen rounds from an AK-47 rifle at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. last Thursday claimed he heard “voices in
Credit: foreignlegion.info / 13e DBLE legionnaires alongside Malian troops in Mali, March 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A soldier from France’s Foreign Legion died Friday from wounds sustained during in an operation against jihadists in Mali, President Emmanuel Macron reported. The death
UN Photo/Amanda Voisa / Ambassador Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations, and President of the UN Security Council for May 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Republic of Estonia officially
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Southern Yemeni Immigrants in USA rally in New York City Aug. 19, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Yemen’s main separatist group in the country’s south, the Southern Transitional Council, declared it would establish self-rule in areas under its control.
Credit: britannica.com/ ulldellebre—iStock/Thinkstock / Mosque of Djenné, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday approved a disbursement of US$200 million to west Africa nation Mali under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address the COVID-pandemic. According to the IMF, the
Credit: France24 screen shot / Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore with French President Macron and Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou at the Pau Summit in France Jan. 13, 2020. France and the G5 Sahel (Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania) agree for a “Coalition for
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is a candidate in next year’s Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) ordered Côte d’Ivoire to suspend its
Credit: alchetron.com/ Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, former head of the rebellion in West African nation Ivory Coast, and Prime Minister By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Guillaume Soro, the exiled former politician in West African nation Ivory Coast and presidential candidate who vowed