Six Zimbabwe police officers are set to leave this week for Sudan’s western Darfur region on a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the troubled area, APA learned Wednesday.
The officers would join the 10,000-strong UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for six months in the strife-torn region.
Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri said the departing officers should strive to maintain Zimbabwe’s peacekeeping record, which has seen the country being invited for missions in countries such as Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kosovo in Serbia.
Another group of 13 police officers returned home this week from peacekeeping duty in Liberia.
Zimbabwe hosts the Southern African Development Community Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre which trains military personnel and civilians for peacekeeping duty in the region.
Source African Press Agency
