By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke today with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Andrii Taran and reaffirmed unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, the Pentagon said in a statement. Austin condemned recent escalations
Ivory Coast’s President, Alassane Ouattara on Friday confirmed Patrick Achi as Prime Minister. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara confirmed Patrick Achi as the West African nation’s new Prime Minister. Achi replaces Hamed Bakayoko who died on 10 March
(MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) UN peacekeepers return to their helicopter following a mission to the village of Sobane Da in the Mopti region of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – A French military airstrike in January on the
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (credit icc.int/ By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and former minister Charles Blé Goudé on charges of war crimes. In January
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In a sharp rebuke to the Trump-era mindset that condemned transgender people and banned them from joining the military, the Pentagon Wednesday issued new policies allowing them to to serve openly as transgender in U.S. forces. The policy
Nigeria’s president Buhari chairing the 55th ordinary session of the ECOWAS. Adam Abu Bashal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Benjamin Maiangwa, Durham University In an article published in 1994 titled The Coming Anarchy, the American journalist Robert Kaplan predicted an impending Armageddon for West Africa due to what
(credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times ) Human skeletal remains that could be slaves from the 1800s were found in the basement of a million dollar stately home located in the Q Street section of Georgetown, DC. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual town hall meeting with U.S. Mission to the United Nations staff, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett] By Gary Raynaldo
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – A Department of Defense official said U.S. forces and their families will be separated from unvaccinated migrant children housed at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. The DOD last week
(credit: twitter.com/AmbaFranceLibye) French ambassador Béatrice le Fraper du Hellen (right, next to France flag) as France embassy re-opened in the Libyan city Tripoli March 29, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France reopened its embassy in the Libyan city Tripoli Monday as