Flag of Republic of Mozambique (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Republic of Mozambique has won a seat on the powerful United Nations Security Council for 2023/24. Mozambique secured 192 votes in the 192-nation
(Credit: MINUSMA/Blagoje Grujic) UN peacekeepers on patrol in Kidal, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Mali remains locked in a dangerous, “endless cycle of instability” amid a military coup, delay of return to civilian rule, on-going extremist attacks,
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Csaba Kőrösi, President-elect of the Seventy-Seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly briefs the press after being elected at UN world head quarters in New York June 07, 2022. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
Molly Catherine Phee, a career diplomat, is President Biden’s nominee to become his U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. (Credit USIP.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee is traveling to Sudan this week in support
U.S. Ambassador Mike Hammer Will Serve as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Ambassador Michael “Mike” Hammer is the current U.S. ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The veteran diplomat has been selected
Ndabamanya Duncan, is a Magistrate Emeritus in Uganda (Courtesy of Ndabamanya Duncan) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES KAMPALA, UGANDA – Ndabamanya Duncan, is a Magistrate Emeritus in Uganda. In this chat with Diplomatic Times’ East Africa correspondent, Atwine Allen, in Uganda, he speaks about
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The Biden administration announced Wednesday a new $700 million package of weapons for Ukraine that includes an advanced rocket launcher system. The Pentagon is sending four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked the United States for its “indispensable” role in Western Allies’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meeting with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday at the Department
Former Consulate General of the United States in Jerusalem was shut down by ex-President Donald Trump in 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. remains “committed” to reopening a consulate in Jerusalem that was shuttered by former president Trump
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha] By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Senate unanimously