On 16 July 2026, the Yaoundé Conference Centre hosted the joint closing ceremony for the 12th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 12) and the 15th Senior Staff Diploma of Security Forces (DEMFS 15). The International School for Security Forces (EIFORCES) brought the academic year to a triumphant close on Thursday 16 July 2026 with
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As part of their study mission to Africa, the 12th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS12), the 15th Senior Staff Diploma of Security Forces (DEMFS 15) and their supervisory staff visited the Kingdom of Morocco from 29 June to 6 July 2026, under the leadership of Brigadier-General André Patrice BITOTE, Director-General of EIFORCES. On 30
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Dans le cadre de leur mission d’études Afrique, le 12ème Brevet d’Études Supérieures de Sécurité (BESS12), le 15ème Diplôme d’État-Major des Forces de Sécurité (DEMFS 15) et leur encadrement ont séjourné au Royaume chérifien, du 29 juin au 6 juillet 2026, sous la conduite du Général de Brigade André Patrice BITOTE, Directeur Général de l’EIFORCES.
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The 8th prevost training course concluded on 26 June 2026 in Awaé, confirming the vitality of the partnership between the School and France. Nineteen new military police officers, police officers and gendarmes from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti and Togo received their certificates and insignia during a formal ceremony. Chaired, on behalf of the Brigadier General
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À la troisième journée de la mission d’études à Genève, le jeudi 25 juin 2026, la délégation du BESS 12 de l’EIFORCES, conduite par le Général de Brigade André Patrice BITOTE, a effectué deux visites majeures : au CICR et à l’UNOG. Au CICR où la délégation a été reçue par M. Mamadou SOW, Délégué
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Ils sont 20 policiers et gendarmes du Bénin, du Cameroun, du Congo et de Madagascar à avoir reçu les parchemins consacrant leur qualification comme prévôts. En clôturant ce stage de niveau 1, en présence de l’Attaché de Sécurité Intérieure près l’Ambassade de France, le Général de Brigade André Patrice BITOTE, Directeur Général de l’EIFORCES a
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The 12th batch of the Higher Degree of Security Studies completed their domestic study mission in the Southern Region from 30 November to 7 December 2025. During this trip to the equatorial part of Cameroon, the 31 Auditors from Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Togo learned about the geosecurity of this administrative district at
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From 17 to 28 November 2025, EIFORCES felt the rhythm of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) during the pilot session of a Training of Trainers programme. On this occasion, twenty-one trainers from EIFORCES, the Gendarmerie and the National Security received the expertise of two UNITAR facilitators to update their teaching standards.
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From 29 September to 16 October 2025, 21 police officers and gendarmes from Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Madagascar and Togo attended the third Training of Trainers for Provost Missions at the Cameroon’s International School for Security Forces. Co-organised by Cameroon and France, this training course is a response to the need for better judicialisation
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« Handling Land Conflicts in Africa: Between Public Regulation and (its) challenges to States’ Stability and Development” was the theme of the Symposium held on 29 and 30 September 2025, in Awaé. Opened by the Secretary of State to the Minister of Defense in charge of the National Gendarmerie, the conference brought together professionals, University Dons
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