Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist revolutionary, and pan-Africanist President of west African nation Burkina Faso. Sankara was assassinated in 1987. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Afghanistan, March 17, 2020. (Credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – President Biden has proposed a record $813 million Defense budget, up 4 percent for the fiscal year 2023.
(Credit: ©ICC-CPI) International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC (left) with Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro in Caracas Mar. 31, 2022 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court said the Venezuelan government is cooperating with The Hague-based tribunal in its investigation into
A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Volodymyr Zelenskyy (on screen), President of Ukraine, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine Apr. 5, 2022. (Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Ukrainian
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at UN world head quarters in New York, NY (Credit: UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for an independent probe into the killing of
Ennead Architects of New York City rendering of its design of new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria. (Credit: ennead) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of State began construction of its new $537 million U.S. Consulate General in in Lagos, Nigeria. It
UK Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward is President of the Security Council for month of April. (Source: gov.uk) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – ENGLAND officially took over as President of the UN Security Council today
Jaguar Land Rover luxury vehicles are among British made luxury goods no longer exported to Russia (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLMATIC TIMES The British government has banned luxury goods exports to Russia as well as imposing new tariffs on Russian imports, including vodka.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts German Federal Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht, for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Wheeler) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS Friday said it will keep crippling sanctions