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IEDs CONTROL: Consultations on a growing security issue.

Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General of EIFORCES and David LOCHHEAD, Senior Researcher at the Small Arms Survey (SAS) discuss the issue in Awaé. The outcome of a recent study conducted in Cameroon by Dr SUMO TAYO, a Senior Researcher at SAS, the Geneva-based global Centre of Excellence in Small Arms and Light Weapons

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM: EIFORCES AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE

On 17 and 18 February 2022, the EIFORCES campus was the venue for a seminar on Human Rights jointly organised by the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa and the Cameroon Human Rights Commission on the theme: ” Human Rights in counter-terrorism operations “. The target audience, composed of Police officers and

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THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE IVORIAN NATIONAL POLICE VISITS EIFORCES

This 7 February 2022, the Director General of the National Police of Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. KOUYATE Youssouf, on a mission of immersion in Cameroon within the framework of the CAN TotalEnergies Cameroon 2021, paid a working visit to EIFORCES at its Awae Campus.   Welcoming his distinguished guest, Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General

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FINAL TRANSFER OF EIFORCES TO AWAE NOW EFFECTIVE!

As announced during the 29 December 2021 Ordinary Budgetary Session, EIFORCES has established its headquarters in Awaé in the Mefou and Afamba Division for good.   This Monday, 3 January 2022, brought an unusual atmosphere to the EIFORCES campus, as the school moved into its newly erected administrative building in Awaé.   It was 10.30

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BESS 8 domestic study mission in Adamaoua: Ngaoundéré welcomes EIFORCES

Mr. Kildadi Taguieke Boukar, Governor of the Adamaoua Region, was the first to welcome the EIFORCES delegation to his region, as part of the 8th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 8) internal studies mission.   On this occasion, the strong man of the “water tower” Region of Cameroon reminded the 28 auditors from Cameroon,

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EIFORCES-UN: Consultations are underway.

This Monday, 29 November 2021, the Director-General of EIFORCES, Brigadier General BITOTE André Patrice, took part in a working meeting with Mr Matthias Z. NAAB, Resident Coordinator, at the United Nations System Common premises in Yaoundé. During the exchanges which focused on the cooperation between the UN and EIFORCES, the Director General, while presenting the

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Improvised explosive devices Issue: CENTRAL AFRICA AWAKES.

In a bid to better cope with and take full stock of the harmfulness of IEDs, EIFORCES, in partnership with the Japanese Government via the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organised an awareness-raising seminar which brought together, from 15 to 19 November 2021 at its Awaé Campus, thirty-five civilians, police officers and gendarmes from Cameroon,

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FRANCE AND COTE D’IVOIRE VISIT AWAE

The EIFORCES campus in Awaé enjoyed a special afternoon with two important visits on its premises. As early as 2.15 p.m., the Geographical Information Officer at the Directorate for Security and Defence Cooperation of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs was received by the Director General of EIFORCES. From the exchanges between Brigadier

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Interaction between Actors in the Management of Humanitarian Crises: privileging the “duo” instead of the “duel”.

Such was the essence of the recommendations made at the international colloquium recently organised by EIFORCES, through its Research and Documentation Centre, on the theme: “Interaction between Actors in the Management of Humanitarian Crises in Africa: Collaboration or Competition”?, thanks to special funding from the President of the Republic of Cameroon. Held during two days

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