By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UK Government has dispatched a large-scale British peacekeeping deployment to Eastern Mali, deploying 300 troops to help booster the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the African Sahel. The UK government announced Thursday that once fully established, the Task Force
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / James Swan, head of the United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS -NEW YORK – Special Representative James Swan, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) told the
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , is a military alliance, based in Brussels with 30 European and North American countries. (credit: wikipedia commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Despite the presence of thousands of UN peacekeepers and foreign troops, terror and violent attacks linked to
© 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)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix at UN world headquarters in New York, NY (UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Monday it will take a
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe / UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly Sept. 22, 2020 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The decision by the Trump
UN Photo/Mark Garten / President elect of the 75th Session of the General Assembly, Turkish diplomat H.E. Volkan Bozkir. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session officially opened Tuesday without the usual
Credit: unminusma / Mahamat Saleh Annadif , Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was expected to address UN Security Council meeting on situation in Mali July 27, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
Credit: issafrica.org / The crisis-stricken Sahel currently epitomises the myriad of challenges facing the African continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The crisis in the Sahel region of west Africa is worsening amid violent extremism, drought, localised conflict over natural resources, transnational organised crime,