The flag of Sudan (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. imposed sanctions Tuesday on a senior leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for his role in obtaining weapons and war atrocities against civilians. Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa was sanctioned for his
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,
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
(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
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States imposed economic sanctions on Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh, the former first lady of The Gambia , for her alleged role in supporting the notoriously corrupt former president of the tiny West African nation. Zineb Jammeh is
Credit: Wikipedia / Central African Republic (CAR) flag By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Treasury Department Friday sanctioned Bi Sidi Souleymane, a notorious leader of a murderous group that has committed numerous human rights abuses and displaced thousands of people in the
Source: Public Domain / Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Immediately after the European Union revealed its anti-money laundering black list, it drew the fury of the United States. The U.S. Treasury lashed out at the EU for having the audacity to include U.S. territories on