France’s counter-terrorist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region of Africa ( Credit: http://foreignlegion.info) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A month after announcing France will pull soldiers out of its military counter-terror operation in Mali, French President Macron has apparently changed his mind. France said
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES’ UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) until 30 June 2022. Unanimously adopting resolution 2584 (2021) under Chapter VII of the Charter
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 7 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack Friday east central region of the west African nation, Mali’s
Credit / UN.ORG / MINUSMA/Marco Dormino / UN Blue Helmets/ Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali as part of the UN MINUSMA peacekeeping mission. Mali is considered the world’s most dangerous UN missions, with nearly 130 blue helmets killed in the past six years. By
(Credit: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) United Nations peacekeepers on patrol in the Eastern Sector of Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations called on authorities in troubled west African nation Mali to take immediate action to initiate
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – French President Emmanuel Macron caused an uproar after he warned last week that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it embraces radical Islamism following the second coup in nine months. France has
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
Inside Mali’s coup within a coup Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York City, NY By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent
The national flag of The Republic of Mali (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United Nations, EU, U.S. and the African Union have strongly denounced the “kidnapping” of Mali’s civilian leadership. Military officers detained the west African nation’s president and prime minister