{"id":57151,"date":"2026-02-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-elite-teams-impress-at-the-2026-uae-swat-challenge-in-dubai\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:57:33","slug":"rwanda-s-elite-teams-impress-at-the-2026-uae-swat-challenge-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-elite-teams-impress-at-the-2026-uae-swat-challenge-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda’s elite teams impress at the 2026 UAE SWAT Challenge in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The event, running from February 7 to 11, brings together 109 teams from 48 countries to test tactical precision, speed, teamwork, and decision-making under pressure across five demanding stages.<\/p>\n

Rwanda is fielding three competitive teams: RNP SWAT Team I and RNP SWAT Team II from the Rwanda National Police, alongside the Rwanda Defence Force Special Operations Forces (RDF SOF) Team. <\/p>\n

Each team has showcased Rwanda\u2019s growing expertise in high-stakes operations. The competition opened with an assault shooting challenge on Day 1, where RNP SWAT Team II secured an impressive 12th place with a time of 1 minute 48 seconds, narrowly ahead of RNP SWAT Team I in 23rd (just two seconds slower) and RDF SOF Team in 32nd. <\/p>\n

Kazakhstan teams led the category. Day 2\u2019s hostage rescue scenario proved more challenging. RNP SWAT Team I placed 17th, RDF SOF Team finished 39th, and RNP SWAT Team II came in 84th. The teams rebounded strongly on Day 3 during the officer rescue challenge. <\/p>\n

RNP SWAT Team I climbed into the top ten, finishing 9th with a time of 2 minutes 28 seconds, only 28 seconds behind the category winner from Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

On Day 4 (February 10), the tower\/building assault saw RNP SWAT Team I take 15th, RNP SWAT Team II 26th, and RDF SOF Team 59th. Before the final obstacle course on February 11, RNP SWAT Team I led Rwanda\u2019s contingent with 377 points and a cumulative task time of 8 minutes 33 seconds (plus a minor 10-second penalty). <\/p>\n

RNP SWAT Team II holds 290 points (12:06 total time, including a 2:30 penalty on Day 2), while RDF SOF Team stands at 266 points.<\/p>\n

With the decisive 19-obstacle final stage concluding today, Rwanda\u2019s teams have once again demonstrated discipline, skill, and resilience against elite international competition, further cementing the country\u2019s reputation in global tactical excellence.<\/p>\n

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Rwandan special units are delivering a strong performance at the Special Weapons and Tactics Challenge (UAE SWAT Challenge 2026), one of the world\u2019s leading counter-terrorism competitions, underway in Dubai. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":2000101965,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3s2a8831_1_-c20f2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57151","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57151"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57151"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}