A team of five officials representing security organs from Benin and Burkina Faso are visiting Rwanda to learn about Rwanda’s Success story on Gender Promotion and Peace Keeping operations.
Rwanda has gained respect from other nations following the successful Peace Keeping operations in Sudan and Haiti.
Delegates received an orientation about preparations police officers undergo before they are ready to be deployed to peacekeeping tours including selections, tests undergone as well as other preparations.
Francis A Behanzin, the controller General of Benin Police noted, “It’s going to be the first time that Benin deploys a Formed Police Unit to a peace keeping mission so we hope to learn a lot from Rwanda Police as they have already have Formed Police Units in peacekeeping duties before”.
Burkina Faso Colonel Yssoufou Sawadogo, the logistics director in the Burkina Faso Army noted that on top of learning from Rwanda’s peace keeping initiatives, they would also gain experience from gender mainstreaming in the Police force and other security organs.
The visit was organized and facilitated by the Pearson Peace Keeping center, a Canadian organization that has supported Rwanda on peace keeping initiatives.
IGP Emmanuel K. Gasana noted that it was beneficial for Africans to share experiences and forge a future that is fit for Africans.
Gasana noted that force capability was essential in deploying forces in Peace keeping missions. “You need to have a credible, professional and reliable police force and that is what we have tried to achieve here”.
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