The United Nations Security Council By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES Earlier this month, the UN Security Council voted to terminate the mandate of its political mission in war-torn Sudan effective December 3. The action came after Khartoum authorities requested the immediate withdrawal of the UN
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The security situation in the African Sahel region has deteriorated significantly during the past decade amid terrorism and violent extremist groups there. The US Department of Defense “will support African-led counterterrorism operations to disrupt the most acute terrorist threats,
The G5 anti-jihadist force operates in Africa’s Sahel area By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES West African nations Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the G5 Sahel anti-jihadi force effective November 9, the two countries announced in a joint press statement this weekend. The
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US transported more than 54,000 pounds of UN humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza that included “vitally needed” medical supplies, warm clothing, food and nutrition. Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters
International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court announced Monday it has closed its investigation of alleged crimes against humanity committed in Kenya after the country’s 2007 election. The investigation was opened in 2010
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel led thousands in a march in Havana on Thursday in support of Palestine. They marched along the capital city’s famous Malecón seawall in front of the U.S. Embassy calling
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is a candidate in next year’s Presidential Election in West Africa nation Côte d’Ivoire. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Exiled former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has been given the ok to
President of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara met in Paris Wednesday. The two leaders engaged in discussions at the Élysée Palace that reportedly included the recent coup
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Monday during an unannounced visit to the country in which he reaffirmed U.S. support for Ukraine. Austin also met with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. The leaders
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States sharply condemned Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo for allowing the Central American country to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). Nicaragua’s withdrawal from