Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist revolutionary, and pan-Africanist President of west African nation Burkina Faso. Sankara was assassinated in 1987. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appears on TV to announce the dissolution of Guinea’s government in Conarky Sept. 5, 2021. (Source: Screen shot by military junta sent to media.) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon denied Monday that any U.S. forces were involved
The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali from its regional
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 Three Malian soldiers were killed Wednesday in an ambush in the central region of the west African nation, Mali’s
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 Four Malian soldiers were killed in an attack on a military unit Wednesday in the central part of
Credit: Forces Armées Maliennestwitter.com / 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 10 Malian soldiers were killed Thursday in an attack by Islamic extremists in an
United Nations Security Council chamber at UN World headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council Monday renewed for one year the sanctions regime on Mali against individuals and entities derailing the peace
France Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) with Amine Abba Sidick, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chad (diplomatie.gouv.fr) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke today with his Chadian counterpart Amine
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is demanding the immediate