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: twitter.comVP/ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris administers the oath as Linda Thomas-Greenfield gets sworn in as the new American Ambassador to the United Nations Feb. 24, 2021 in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Linda Thomas-Greenfield was sworn in Wednesday as
(credit: U.S. Department of State) Linda Thomas-Greenfield is a career diplomat who will serve as President Biden’s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Senate today confirmed career diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield as US ambassador
American and French soldiers participate in a live-fire artillery training in Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Air Force Senior Airman Kristin Savage) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES American and French soldiers last week participated in the first live-fire artillery training in Horn of Africa
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and France’s Armed Forces Minister Pledged Cooperation in fighting terrorism in the troubled AFRICA Sahel region. The two high-ranking defense officials spoke
U.S. Rear Adm. Heidi Berg , U.S. Africa Command Director of Intelligence meets with Maj. Gen. Osman Siraj, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Fitness and Sports Directorate in Sudan Jan. 25, 2021 (credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. AFRICA COMMAND senior
Ambassador Tarek Ladeb, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of January 2021. (united nations youtube) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – TUNISIA officially took over the rotating
(MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe ) ‘Blue helmets’ from the UN mission in the Central African Republic on patrol in Mbomou Prefecture. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – At least three UN Burundian peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) were killed
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix at UN world headquarters in New York, NY (UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Monday it will take a
The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee (EU PSC) held their 12th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting Oct. 26, 2020. (credit; AU) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union (AU) Peace and Security