Rwanda to host Centre of Excellence for UN Peacekeeping lessons learned

Today, Rwanda Defence Force and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held a meeting on establishing a Centre of Excellence for UN Peacekeeping lessons learned. The meeting was chaired... Read more »

Female Police officers complete peacekeeping course

Some 110 Rwanda National Police (RNP) female officers completed a twelve-day United Nations Peacekeeping pre-deployment course at the Police Training School (PTS) Gishari, in Rwamagana District. The course was organised by RNP... Read more »

Over 100 female Police officers undergo UN peacekeeping

Some 109 female Police officers started a United Nations peacekeeping course at the Police Training School (PTS) Gishali in Rwamagana District.  The 12-day course was organized by Rwanda National Police RNP in... Read more »

Police officers start training on peacekeeping

Over forty Police officers, on Monday June 12, started a pre-deployment training for Individual Police Officers (IPO) at the Police Training School (PTS) Gishari in Rwamagana District. The two-week peacekeeping course is... Read more »

PEACEKEEPING: UNMISS hails Rwanda FPUs for exemplary service

The Police Commissioner of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Madam Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa has commended Rwandan peacekeepers under the Formed Police Units (FPU)s for the “job well done” during their... Read more »

PEACEKEEPING: IGP Munyuza briefs Police officers ahead of South Sudan rotation

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza, on Thursday, October 8, reminded 176 officers set to be deployed under the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), to put the “Rwandan spirit”... Read more »

15 years contributing to peace in conflict affected countries

By Bosco R. Asiimwe* Kigali: The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 57/129, designated May 29, every year as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. It’s a Day to pay... Read more »

Rwanda Peace Academy trains regional officers in personnel safety during peacekeeping operations

Musanze: Twenty-one military officers from eight Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states on Tuesday started a one-week course dubbed “UN Personnel Safety and Security Course”, at the Rwanda Peace Academy (RPA),... Read more »