Senior Officers from 12 African countries graduate from Rwanda

Musanze: Forty-eight (48) Senior Officers from Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Rwanda National Police and 11 Allied Armed Forces from African countries have graduated from the one-year long Senior Command and Staff Course Intake-10. The graduation ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Albert Murasira.

The senior officers acquired professional military knowledge designed to help them in their future command and leadership management responsibilities.

All 48 graduates were awarded with the ‘Passed Staff College’ symbol and course certificate while 34 were awarded a Master of Arts degree in Security studies by the University of Rwanda.

The graduates are from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. (End)