Zakiya Carr Johnson is the U.S. Department of State’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (Credit: blackwomendisrupt) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Zakiya Carr Johnson is the U.S. State Department’s new chief officer of diversity, equity and inclusion who will help make the diplomatic corps personnel
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Delivers Remarks Upon Being Named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. April 12, 2021. (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. State Department’s first ever Chief Diversity and
Matthew Miller will serve as the next U.S. State Department Spokesperson (Credit: vianovo.com) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Matthew Miller, an Obama-era Democrat, has been named as the new spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State. Secretary of State Antony
U.S. Basketball player Brittney Yevette Griner (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released Thursday by Russia from a penal colony in a negotiated prisoner-release deal, the State Department announced. Griner,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Democratic lawmakers in Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday urging the Administration to withhold some $300 million in military assistance to Egypt pending on the country improving its human rights record. House Foreign
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer is traveling to Ethiopia and the region this week to press for an immediate cessation
Salman Rushdie at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival 01 May 2012 (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have “incited violence” against Salman Rushdie for generations, while
U.S. Ambassador Mike Hammer Will Serve as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Ambassador Michael “Mike” Hammer is the current U.S. ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The veteran diplomat has been selected
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked the United States for its “indispensable” role in Western Allies’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meeting with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday at the Department
Credit: twitter.com/usembassykyiv By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The American flag was raised at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Wednesday as the diplomatic compound reopened since being shuttered in February ahead of Russian forces coming across Ukraine’s border launching its invasion. Last week, diplomats including