(Credit: UNMINUSMA) Fermeture le 28/12 du camp de #Tombouctou. Engagés à finaliser le processus de liquidation dans les délais les plus courts possibles. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) made a complete withdrawal from west African nation Mali Sunday
The G5 anti-jihadist force operates in Africa’s Sahel area By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES West African nations Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the G5 Sahel anti-jihadi force effective November 9, the two countries announced in a joint press statement this weekend. The
During his first trip to North Africa since taking command of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley visited Morocco, Tunisia, and the USNS Trenton from October 17-19, 2022. (Credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael
Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley made his first visit to the Sahel this week since taking command of U.S. Africa Command on Aug. 9, 2022. Langley
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Egypt were killed Tuesday when their armoured vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device some 60 kilometres northeast of Gao in Mali. Another nine Egyptian blue helmets were also
Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Photo / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional
Germany is stepping up its support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), by deploying 300 additional soldiers for a total of 1,400 in the troubled west African nation as France pulls its forces out. (Credit: Photo: Michael Kappeler /dpabundesregierung.de) By
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with France’s Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly today over the phone. Secretary Austin expressed condolences for the death of a
U.S. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of AFRICOM, met with Army General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces meet in Paris, France Jan. 24, 2022. (Photo: Jean-Christophe Mantrant / Etat-Major des Armees) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Gen.
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