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,
Photo Credit: by Gary Raynaldo / U.N. symbol on window at United Nations Headquarters in New York. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The U.N. Human Rights Office is calling for an investigation into use of deadly violence
Credit: U.S. Department of State / U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook at the announcement of the creation of the Iran Action Group in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State, Aug. 16, 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Turkish diplomat and politician Volkan Bozkir By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Volkan Bozkir of Turkey was elected Wednesday President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly. Bozkir, a veteran diplomat and
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, alias Ali Kushayb; an alleged senior Janjaweed commander who supported the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups, was sought under an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. By Gary Raynaldo
Source: https://twitter.com/IBK_PRMALI / Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2018 after being elected to a second term as leader of the west-African nation on a promise to bring peace to a country torn by extremist and ethnic violence The country remains unstable amid
UN Photo/Amanda Voisa / Ambassador Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations, and President of the UN Security Council for May 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Republic of Estonia officially
Credit: consilium.europa.eu / Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union’s top diplomat and foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy called for a humanitarian truce
Credit: un.org / World Health Organization Director -General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – As some countries lift COVID-19 restrictions and begin re-opening certain segments of the economy, the head of the World Health Organization
Credit: Wikipedia Commons Public Domain / Yemeni capital Sanaa after airstrikes, 9 October 2015 “This neighborhood, where more than 100 buildings have been damaged, has brought attention to the plight of Yemeni blacks, with neighboring communities coming to witness the damage. (Almigdad Mojalli/VOA)”. By Gary Raynaldo