France Operation Barkhane deploys 5,100 soldiers in the African Sahel combatting terrorism By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Two French soldiers were killed in operation around Ménaka in Mali early Saturday when their light armored vehicle exploded on contact with an improvised explosive device, the French
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) BCH Tanerii MAURI, 1 CL Quentin PAUCHET and 1 CL Dorian ISSAKHANIAN of the 1st Chasseurs regiment of Thierville-sur-Meuse were killed Dec. 28, 2020 in the region of Hombori, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Three French Operation Barkhane soldiers were killed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , is a military alliance, based in Brussels with 30 European and North American countries. (credit: wikipedia commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Despite the presence of thousands of UN peacekeepers and foreign troops, terror and violent attacks linked to
Credit: diplomatie.gouv.fr / German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (left) and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France) Jean-Yves Le Drian at Munich Security Conference Feb. 15, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES “Europe and America need a transatlantic “New Deal” to adapt our partnership to global
€90 million a year of dirty cash illegally transported from France to Morocco (europol.europa.eu) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF On 2 November, an 18-month investigation led by the French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) and supported by EUROPOL put an end to a large money-laundering network. Several raids
Operation Barkhane is France’s Counterterrorism Forces in Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATICT TIMES French troops killed a top commander of an al-Qaeda-linked armed group in West African nation Mali this week, France’s Defence Minister announced. Bah Ag Moussa, the military head of the Group to
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France conducted its first deployment
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The French Air Force dispatched two Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the West Africa Sahel in an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda in Mali, the French government said. Mirage fighter jets
Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, with Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the Republic of the Congo. (credit: Judith Litvine/MEAE) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is visiting Brazzaville in the central-African nation Republic
credit: twitter.compresidencemali / French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meets with Transitional President of Mali Bah N’daw in Bamako Oct. 26, 2020 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In the first by visit to Mali by a French politician since army officers ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar