Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III shakes hands with President of Angola João Lourenço during a bilateral exchange at the Angola presidential palace in Luanda, Angola, Sept. 27, 2023. Austin met with Lourenço to advance the growing U.S.-Angola bilateral defense relationship and address
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Kenya President William Samoei Ruto pose for a photo during a bilateral exchange at the Kenya State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 25, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Gary
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during a bilateral exchange at Djiboutian presidential palace in Djibouti, Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Gary Raynaldo
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be traveling to the continent of Africa from September 23-28 visiting Djibouti, Kenya, and Angola, the Pentagon announced. Djibouti, a small east African nation
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angola’s Supreme Court has ordered the seizure of assets worth some $1 billion held by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The international police agency INTERPOL is seeking the arrest of Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan tycoon who was formerly Africa’s richest woman. Interpol has
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Chidi Blyden; Angolan Minister of State and Chief of Security Affairs Office to the President of the Republic Francisco Pereira Furtado; and Angolan Chief of the Armed Forces
Credit: Wikipedia / Angola, one of the largest producers of crude in Africa, is facing economic hardship amid slump in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday approved a disbursement of US$1 Billion to
Jose Filomeno dos Santos led oil-rich Angola’s sovereign wealth fund during his father’s rule. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angola’s Supreme Court handed a five-year jail sentence to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the oil-rich country’s former president, for embezzlement of public
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos on Tuesday announced that she is to step down from the board of Unitel, the country’s largest telecommunications operator, in which