UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN is preparing for an “unprecedented” withdrawal of some 12,947 peacekeeping troops in violence-ridden Mali. In June, the military junta in the
United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Department of State is ordering the temporary evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Niger’s capital city Niamey. State Department spokesperson
United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (Credit: Diplomatic Times) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The security situation in wider West Africa could worsen unless the political crisis in Niger is resolved, the top UN official for
The Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa. Niger is bordered by ALGERIA to the northwest, MALI and BURKINA FASO to the west, BENIN to the southwest, NIGERIA to the south, CHAD to the east, and LIBYA to the northeast. By Gary
The Honorable Rachna Korhonen, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Mali, presented her credentials to His Excellency the President of the Transition, Assimi Goita, on March 16, 2023 at the Kolouba Presidential Palace in Bamako. (Credit: twitter.com/GoitaAssimi) By Gary Raynaldo
United Nations Security Council Meets on the Situation in Mali at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 18, 2022. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council Tuesday expressed concern about
Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Credit: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko ) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – At least four U.N. peacekeepers from Chad were killed Monday
U.S. House of Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / (Credit: meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Thursday condemned the recent military coup in Burkina Faso, saying it is part of a larger, “more alarming picture of anti-democratic movements” in West Africa.
H.E. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of Faso, Head of State, President of the Council of Ministers of Burkina Faso, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-seventh session at UN world headquarters Sept. 23, 2022 (Photo: UN photo/ Cia Pak) By Gary Raynaldo
Emblem of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and family members in Mali due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks in areas frequented by westerners