Credit: issafrica.org / The crisis-stricken Sahel currently epitomises the myriad of challenges facing the African continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The crisis in the Sahel region of west Africa is worsening amid violent extremism, drought, localised conflict over natural resources, transnational organised crime,
Credit: facebook / ECOWAS has named Former Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Eble Jonathan as Special Envoy to Mali DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Former Nigeria President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, as a special envoy to
Source: https://twitter.com/IBK_PRMALI / Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2018 after being elected to a second term as leader of the west-African nation on a promise to bring peace to a country torn by extremist and ethnic violence The country remains unstable amid
Credit: foreignlegion.info / 13e DBLE legionnaires alongside Malian troops in Mali, March 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A soldier from France’s Foreign Legion died Friday from wounds sustained during in an operation against jihadists in Mali, President Emmanuel Macron reported. The death
Credit: britannica.com/ ulldellebre—iStock/Thinkstock / Mosque of Djenné, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday approved a disbursement of US$200 million to west Africa nation Mali under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address the COVID-pandemic. According to the IMF, the
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 Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the
Source: www.aujourd8.net/mali / 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 29 soldiers were killed in an attack Thursday on an army post in northeast Mali, according to
The military of the Republic of Mali has sustained heavy casualties in a series of deadly Jihadists attacks the past year, with more than 100 Malian soldiers killed in just the last four months alone. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS –
Source: usun.usmission.gov/ Ambassador Cherith Norman Acting Deputy Permanent Representative U.S. Mission to the United Nations addressed the UN Security Council on Mali peacekeeping mission MINUSMA at world headquarters in New York Jan. 15, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS –
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at UN world headquarters in New York, file photo. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – As the world focuses on the U.S-Iran conflict and rising geopolitical