By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to assist with President Biden’s goal to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus in his first 100 days in office, John F. Kirby the Department of Defense’s (DOD)
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and France’s Armed Forces Minister Pledged Cooperation in fighting terrorism in the troubled AFRICA Sahel region. The two high-ranking defense officials spoke
ing Major-General Leo Irabor, is Nigeria’s new Chief of Defence Staff (credit: facebook) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the commanders of the military-army chiefs amid the worsening security situation in the West African nation. President Buhari made
credit: Wikipedia, Courtesy by Pierre Delattre / France Panhard ERC-90 Sagaie 6X6 Armored Fighting Vehicle By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France delivered nine Panhard ERC-90 6×6 armoured vehicles to Chad’s military Saturday to beef up the west African nation’s counter-terror operations in the
(credit: twitter.com/DeptofDefense) President Joe Biden’s incoming Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin III By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES It’s official! The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted Friday to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to become America’s first Black defense secretary in charge of the behemoth Pentagon.
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), operating off the coast of Somalia, Jan. 16-18, 2021. (credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
The Ministry of The Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration (credit: airbus.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The west African nation of Mali has ordered another Airbus C295 plane to join its
credit: pmo.gov.et/pm) H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali , Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The government of Ethiopia on Saturday declared victory in its latest military operation in the capital of the defiant Tigray region. Ethiopian
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. March 3, 2020 speaks on progress in U.S. – Africa Policy. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES America’s top diplomat
© UNHCR/Hazim Elhag / Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the country’s northern Tigray region, rest and cook meals near UNHCR’s Hamdayet reception centre after crossing into Sudan. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR)