The late Nigerian military leader and President Sani Abacha (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s late military dictator Sani Abacha reportedly looted the east African nation of billions of dollars before he died in 1998. The Nigerian government Wednesday signed a
Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Pakistani police have charged Imran Khan under anti-terror law after the former prime minister told neutrals at a rally to stand with ‘nation, justice and country’, not thieves. Police
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres “strongly” condemned a “terrorist” attack on the Hayat hotel in Mogadishu Friday that left at least 21 persons dead. Somalian authorities said Islamist militants sieged the upscale hotel in Somalia’s
German peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission (Photo: Bundeswehr/Guido Ritter) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany has halted peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission amid concerns over the safety of soldiers. German Defense Minister Christine
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday Aug. 18, 2022 met and held discussions with visiting US Senator Chris Coons who paid him a courtesy call at State House Nairobi. (Credit: twitter.com/StateHouseKenya) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday met and held discussions
William Samoei Ruto is the Fifth President of the Republic of Kenya (Source: World Trade Organization) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – Kenya’s Independent Electoral Bureau Commission (IEBC) officially declared Deputy President William Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance as
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 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Africa Command
Salman Rushdie at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival 01 May 2012 (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have “incited violence” against Salman Rushdie for generations, while
Airbus A319-100 plane bearing tail number P4-MGU and serial number 5445 is owned by Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch (Credit: U.S. Department of Justice) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States obtained a warrant to seize an Airbus A319-100 (the Airbus) private plane
Flag of the President of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – The world’s two super powers the United States and Russia have dragged Uganda into the middle of its rivalry. The average Ugandan has been left