The national flag of West African nation Mali (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on Thursday ordered suspension of sanctions placed against Mali. Leaders from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS imposed regional
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Commission adopted further targeted sanctions Wednesday against 160 Russians including 14 “oligarchs” and prominent business people. The new measures impose restrictive measures on 160 individuals concerning Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine. The EU also
The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states located primarily in Europe. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union on Friday imposed targeted sanctions on five members of Mali’s military junta, including Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga. The five
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic
Flag of Eritrea (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party because “Eritrea’s destabilizing presence in Ethiopia” is prolonging the year-long bloody conflict. Since the outbreak of the military conflict in 2020,
U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Thursday announced that the cargo ship HERMANN (Cuban-flagged, owned by Compania Navegacion Golfo SA) had been removed from Cuba sanctions lists. The OFAC also announced
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Banner of Ernesto “Che” Guevara in front of shop in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States on Friday slapped additional sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders in response to the Cuban regime’s “continued violent
Romárico Vidal Sotomayor García – chief of the Political Directorate of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) (Source: ecured.cu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration hit top Cuban officials with more sanctions amid the suppression of peaceful protests that broke out on
Álvaro López Miera Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias). (Credit: Granma) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration slapped sanctions on a top Cuban military official and a government special forces unit after the
Grahame Mark Morris is a British Labour Party politician and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Grahame Morris, a British MP for Easington, has sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden asking him