Brigadier Alexandre Martin , of the 54th artillery regiment, was killed in combat in Mali Jan. 22, 2022 (Source: ministère des armées françaises) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A French soldier was killed Saturday in a mortar attack on the Operation Barkhane
A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies as part of Operation Barhkane counter-terror mission in the Sahel. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON –
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: UN) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the government of West African nation Mali to announce an “acceptable” vote timetable for holding elections. The UN chief made the
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
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 3, 2019 (UN Photo Laura Jarriel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Seven UN peacekeepers from Togo were killed Wednesday and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Security Council members on Friday departed for a visiting mission to West African nations Mali and Niger amid political instability
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – An attack against UN peacekeepers in Mali over the weekend left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the improvised explosive device attacks against a
France Army Operation Barkhane Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, 34, was killed died in a battle with a terrorist group in West Africa Mali Sept. 24, 2021. ( Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France announced that
United Nations Security Council chambers at UN world headquarters in New York City By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council adopted a presidential statement Tuesday that voiced grave concern over the deteriorating security situation in