Credit: africom.mil/ US Donates $8 Million in Military Equipment to NIGER and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners to combat terrorism in the region. DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The
Credit: Wikipedia / UN Security Council July 28, 2020 discussed the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin, as well as the challenging security situation in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW
Credit: un.org/ MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko / The G5 Sahel HQ destroyed by a terrorist attack on 29 June 2018 in Mopti, Mali. The terror threat in the Sahel continues unabated despite a massive deployment UN peacekeepers and French troops tasked with halting jihadist’s attacks. By Gary
The G5 Sahel Joint Force member states Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad on front line of counter-terror in west Africa region. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – “France is convinced that the international community can succeed
Source: Wikiwand / The Eland Mk7 armoured car is part of military operations of north-central African nation Chad. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Soldiers from north-central African nation Chad will no longer participate in military operations against Jihadist group Boko Haram
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / Major General Christopher E. Craige, U.S. Africa Command, speaks at the Africa Symposium 2020, “Advancing Africa’s Governance, Peace, and Security,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. March 11, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
Credit: U.S. Department of State / David M. Hale, United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES “I made clear to our partners that America is not abandoning the (African SAHEL) region,” David M. Hale,
DIPLOMATIC TIME STAFF WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper welcomed France’s Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly to the Pentagon Monday in Washington D.C. to discuss issues of mutual interest between their nations. Parly is in the U.S. Capital this week amid fears
Credit: UN Photo / Evan Schneider / Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, briefs the Security Council meeting on peace consolidation in West Africa at UN world headquarters Jan. 8,
Credit: unowas / Mohamed Ibn Chambas. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Violent Islamist attacks across the West African Sahel