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
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense in Washington DC By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – A military ground raid by U.S. special operations forces in northern Somalia killed a number of Islamic State members, including
U.S. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of AFRICOM, met with Army General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces meet in Paris, France Jan. 24, 2022. (Photo: Jean-Christophe Mantrant / Etat-Major des Armees) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Gen.
Special Operations Command Africa forces concluded Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire July 9, 2021. (Credit: AFRICOM.mil) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Special Operations Command Africa partnered with Côte d’Ivoire Forces Speciales Ivoirennes in a Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly pose for a photo after signing the U.S.-France Roadmap on Special Operations Forces Cooperation the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st
France’s counter-terrorist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region of Africa ( Credit: http://foreignlegion.info) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A month after announcing France will pull soldiers out of its military counter-terror operation in Mali, French President Macron has apparently changed his mind. France said
Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa) sont responsables de la défense de l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté du Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At least 7 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack Friday east central region of the west African nation, Mali’s
France Defence Minister Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France is on the offensive fighting back against an explosive UN report that concluded that a French military airstrike in January on the central Malian village of Bounty, hit a group largely made up
U.K. female soldiers deployed to Mali in front of one of the three Royal Air Force (RAF) twin-rotor Chinooks in west Africa Sahel nation providing crucial airlift support for France’s Barkhane anti-terror mission March 08, 2021. (credit:twitterUKdefenseafrica) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United Kingdom