Source: Wikipedia Commons / 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. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angola’s Supreme Court has ordered the seizure of assets worth some $1 billion held by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former
(Photo by: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) The New York Fire Department extinguished a fire Tuesday Dec. 27, 2022 at a Hudson Yards luxury high-rise building located at 501 W. 30th St. on the West Side of Manhattan. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo speaks during United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City in September 2022. (UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ghana scrambled to undo the damage that caused a serious diplomatic row with Burkina Faso after
Jamaica-born Lorna Mahlock is the first Black woman to serve as a two-star general in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. (Credit: U.S. Marine Corps) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A Jamaican born Marine has made history in becoming the first Black
U.S. President Joe Biden stands in the center front row in a group photo during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 15, 2022. (Ben Solomon/U.S. Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC
U.S. Basketball player Brittney Yevette Griner (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released Thursday by Russia from a penal colony in a negotiated prisoner-release deal, the State Department announced. Griner,
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The legacy of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, one of the greatest peacemakers in contemporary history, is sadly forgotten. As an African American, Bunche’s accomplishments in the world of peace are mind boggling. In
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The international police agency INTERPOL is seeking the arrest of Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan tycoon who was formerly Africa’s richest woman. Interpol has
Woman working in a gold mine, Siguiri Prefecture, Guinea, West Africa (Credit: USAID) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – I walk near the River Nyamwamba in Kasese district of Western Uganda for my reporting on the environmental hazard caused by