Logo of United Nations at UN world headquarters in New York (Photo credit: Diplomatic Times) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations reported Thursday that six detained UN staff members were released. At least 16 UN
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
Robert F. Godec is the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs (Credit: U.S. Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States’ top diplomat in Africa said the U.S. “is gravely concerned” about the armed conflict in Tigray that
© UNHCR/Chris Melzer Eritrean children play in the Adi Harush refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN has launched a probe into alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray
credit: pmo.gov.et/pm) H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali , Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The government of Ethiopia on Saturday declared victory in its latest military operation in the capital of the defiant Tigray region. Ethiopian
(Credit: Wikipedia /Mark Neyman / GPO / Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed refused to engage in dialogue with the leaders of the rebellious Tigray region during a meeting with three African Union special envoys.
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. March 3, 2020 speaks on progress in U.S. – Africa Policy. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES America’s top diplomat
© UNHCR/Hazim Elhag / Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the country’s northern Tigray region, rest and cook meals near UNHCR’s Hamdayet reception centre after crossing into Sudan. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR)
(credit: pmo.gov.et/pm) H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali , Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union called for a ceasefire in north Ethiopia where federal troops are fighting local Tigrayan authorities in an escalating bloody conflict in which hundreds of