{"id":2000117357,"date":"2026-06-28T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000117357"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:51:15","slug":"two-rwandan-officers-complete-senior-police-course-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/two-rwandan-officers-complete-senior-police-course-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Rwandan officers complete senior police course in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The officers, Lawrence Manzi and Emmanuel Rusingizandekwe, graduated with the rank of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graduation ceremony was held on Friday in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was attended by the High Commissioner of Rwanda to Singapore, Innocent B. Muhizi, Rwandan diplomats in Singapore, and ACP Augustin Ntaganira, Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor at the National Police College in Musanze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training forms part of ongoing institutional cooperation between the two police forces aimed at strengthening professional development and capacity building for officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda\u2013Singapore cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Singapore maintain strong bilateral relations rooted in cooperation in governance, innovation, and institutional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current security partnership was formalised in August 2022 and includes training and capacity building, exchange of expertise, information sharing, and coordination in addressing transnational crimes such as cybercrime and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond security cooperation, the two countries collaborate in ICT, innovation, education, and public sector transformation. Rwanda has also drawn inspiration from Singapore\u2019s development model, particularly in economic transformation, digital governance, and efficient public service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore has supported Rwanda\u2019s efforts to develop its digital economy, including initiatives in financial technology (Fintech) and innovation-led growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The officers, Lawrence Manzi and Emmanuel Rusingizandekwe, graduated with the rank of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The event was attended by the High Commissioner of Rwanda to Singapore, Innocent B. Muhizi, Rwandan diplomats in Singapore, and ACP Augustin Ntaganira, Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor at the National Police College in Musanze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The training forms part of ongoing institutional cooperation between the two police forces aimed at strengthening professional development and capacity building for officers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Two officers of the Rwanda National Police have completed the Senior Officers Basic Course in Singapore under the bilateral cooperation agreement between the Rwanda National Police and the Singapore Police Force signed .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000117361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000117357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000117361,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1500,"height":1012,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","width":1500,"height":1012},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","width":1500,"height":1012},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","width":1500,"height":1012},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","width":1500,"height":1012},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLysOp8bEAASjjs.jpg","width":1500,"height":1012}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000117357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000117357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000117357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000117362,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000117357\/revisions\/2000117362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000117361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000117357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000117357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000117357"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000117357"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000117357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}