Rep. Elise Stefanik, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York (stefanik.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President-elect Donald Trump has selected Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik became the youngest woman ever to serve in
Ilwad Elman from the Elman Peace & Human Rights Centre, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia at UN headquarters in New York Oct. 3, 2024. (UN Photo by: Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES “We cannot afford to
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations at press conference prior to speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at world headquarters in New York. File photo.
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Mali on Friday ordered the Ambassador of Sweden in Bamako to leave the west African nation within 72 hours after “hostile” remarks made by a Swedish minister. The junta-ruled
(Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) The Nigerian government shut down its San Francisco, California consulate in 1989 that was located in this property at 3247 Jackson Street in the City’s uber-wealthy Presidio Heights district. The Federal Republic of Nigeria reportedly still owns the abandoned
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York -DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The UN Security Council passed a resolution Friday on unhindered humanitarian aid to Gaza by 13 votes, with the U.S. and Russia abstaining. The resolution does not include any language calling
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington, D.C. Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at Cuba’s embassy in Washington DC Sunday in what Cuba officials are labeling a “terrorist attack.” They blamed the attack on “anti-Cuban”
United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Department of State is ordering the temporary evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Niger’s capital city Niamey. State Department spokesperson
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996. Ambassador Katetegirwe died June 26, 2023 at age 92. By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Former Ugandan Ambassador to
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer is traveling to Ethiopia and Djibouti May 31 – June 6 to participate in an