The flag of the Republic of Uganda By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Meet Muhindo Jimmy. The 32-year-old politician representing the Kasese district in Municipality says older politicians in the East African nation are intimidated by younger ones such as
General Elly Tumwine, one of the heroes of the 1986 Luweero bush war that brought the current NRM government to power. By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – General Elly Tumwine, best known as one of the heroes of the
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could be set for a sensational comeback attempt after a supreme court judge annulled a series of criminal convictions against the leftist icon and restored his political rights. The ruling, which analysts called a
Flag of the Republic of El Salvador (credit:Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is sending a special mission to the Republic of El Salvador amid the tense political situation in the Latin American
Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker served under President George H.W. Bush 1989 – 1992 / (credit: bakerinstitute.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III has some advice for the next elected President of the United States:
Mohamed Hussein Roble has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Somalia / Image credit : twitter.com/MohamedHRoble By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed a new prime minister and announced plans for national elections in the horn-of-Africa nation. President
Maria Kalesnikava is a key political opposition leader in Belarus / Сильные Новости: GomelTube By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Maria Kolesnikova, a key opposition leader in Belarus, was reportedly snatched off a street in capital city Minsk in broad daylight on Monday by masked
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from France on August 7. SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images Adem K Abebe, University of Pretoria Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara (78) has finally confirmed he’ll seek a third
Credit: icc.int / Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, who is currently freed conditionally by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has applied for a
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, speaks during a meeting with AU delegation led by the Chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council, Ambassador Ndumiso Ntshinga. The delegation is on a day working visit in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March