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 – NEW YORK – They operate mostly unnoticed in the shadows, behind the scenes at the world headquarters of the United Nations. But they are a crucial part of the ongoing function of the world’s
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / 2008. President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe listens as Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare, chairman of the Commission of the African Union, addresses attendees at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly during the African Union Summit in Addis
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / US Department of State building – Washington, DC USA By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s State Department has been drawn into the web of intrigue surrounding President Trump’s foreign policy with Ukraine.
Source: Youtube.com / U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. top diplomat for Africa Tibor Nagy said that while the security situation in the Sahel region continues to deteriorate due to an
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
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / Ambassador Jerry Matthews Matjila, Security Council President for the month of October and Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations at press briefing UN world headquarters New York Oct. 1, 2019. By
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the United Nations General Assembly, at press briefing at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 1, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The new President of the United Nations General
Credit: Europol / 81 arrests in investigation targeting Spanish cocaine trafficking group; 42 vehicles seized. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF A joint investigation, coordinated by Spain and involving law enforcement authorities from Colombia, France, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom and supported by Europol, led to
Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at UN world headquarters New York Sept. 27, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Russian Federation and three