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Rwanda rotates peacekeeping police officers in Haiti

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Rwanda National Police announced at the weekend a unit rotation this month involving 160 peacekeeping police officers in Haiti.

The routine rotation saw 160 police officers under Rwanda Formed Police Unit Six (RWAFPU6) return home on Sunday, after accomplishing their one year peacekeeping mission under the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

This was replaced by a similar number which left Kigali on Friday for a one year peacekeeping mission.

The contingent which left is headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Faustin Ntirushwa while the returning contingent was led by Commissioner of Police (CP) Joseph Mugisha as its commander.

This is the seventh Rwanda National Police rotation in Haiti since 2010 following a deadly earthquake that left thousands of people dead and more than 1 million others displaced.

Police spokesperson, ACP Celestin Twahirwa, said: "Rwanda National Police is committed to Rwanda's policy of contributing to international peace building and that's why another contingent has also been generated and ready for deployment in South Sudan in September."

Rwandan Police maintains five contingents of 820 officers in three UN missions, including three in Central African Republic and one each in South Sudan and Haiti.

Rwanda ranks third largest police contributing country after Senegal and Bangladesh respectively, according to the UN. Endit