56 more Rwanda Police Officers have been briefed for deployment in Sudan’s Darfur region under the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a Police statement says.
The officers, who will be deployed on January 5, will reinforce other 185 police officers already on mission in the troubled Sudanese region.
This brings to a total of 472 of police officers on peace keeping missions in Haiti, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sudan.
During the pre deployment briefing on Monday, the IGP, Emmanuel K. Gasana urged the officers to exhibit high discipline and professionalism while on the mission.
He also asked them to uphold the core values of the country and cooperate with other people for effective execution of their mission.
The UNAMID Chief of staff, Commissioner of Police, Cyprien Gatete, appealed to the officers to be exemplary, work as a team and uphold Rwanda’s image.
The officers, who will be on a one year mission, will be acting as advisors, especially in community policing, anti gender based violence measures and providing security in internally displaced camps.
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