U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 24, 2022. (Credit: Courtesy photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of
United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and relocating diplomatic personnel in the country to the western Ukraine city of Lviv as fears of Russian invasion rise. “I have no higher
Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is the head of the Sovereign Council (Source: Sudanese Television screen) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sudan has become a powder keg waiting to explode after military chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in a
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American car in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Thursday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials in the aftermath of the government’s crackdown on demonstrators last July.
Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe) President Biden has appointed former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman as the new U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Apr. 23, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) A cuban in Old Havana, Cuba sits outside home under poster of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Tuesday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on nine Cuban officials following
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,
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Credit: twitter.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The year-long civil war in Ethiopia has reached a crisis point as several rebel groups advance toward the Horn of Africa nation’s capital city Addis Ababa
Molly Catherine Phee, a career diplomat, is President Biden’s nominee to become his U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. (Credit USIP.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Senate confirmed career Foreign Service member Molly Catherine Phee as President Biden’s top diplomat in
Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Credit: tesfanews.net ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed