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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The International School for Security Forces (EIFORCES) closed its 2024-2025 academic year with a joint convocation ceremony, marking the end of training for Auditors of the 11th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 11) and the 14th Senior Staff Diploma of Security Forces (DEMFS 14). Presided at by Mr Joseph BETI ASSOMO, Minister Delegate at
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From 23 to 30 June 2025, Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General of the International School for Security Forces (EIFORCES), led the study mission intended for the 11th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 11) in Brasilia, in the Federative Republic of Brazil. Placed under the theme “Fighting urban crime”, the delegation composed of
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On Friday, 11 October 2024, twenty freshly graduated gendarmes and police officers from four African countries including Cameroon, Congo, Guinea and Morocco, received their certificates from Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General of EIFORCES, during a solemn ceremony organised for the purpose. This was an opportunity for EIFORCES leader representing the Minister Delegate at
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The Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS) crosses into second decade. On 4 October 2024, Brigadier General BITOTE André Patrice, Director General of EIFORCES, welcomed the 2024-2025 intake of 21 auditors from Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Togo for a 10-month course at EIFORCES, during a solemn ceremony he presided over in Awaé. This
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The 8th Retraining of Trainers of Formed Police Units (RECFUPC 8) served as a convenient pretext for EIFORCES to launch its 2024-2025 academic year. Following a two-week pedagogical review and update for the 18 trainers from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti and Madagascar, the solemn closing ceremony held on 13 September 2024
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After 43 and 20 weeks respectively for the 31 auditors of the 10th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 10) and the 32 trainees of the 13th Senior Staff Diploma of Security Forces (DEMFS 13), the laureates received their prizes, diplomas and insignia during a joint solemn ceremony organised on 18 July 2024 at the
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As part of the international study mission, Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General of EIFORCES, led the 10th batch of the Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 10) to Beijing in the People’s Republic of China, from Saturday 23 to Sunday 30 June 2024. This was an opportunity for auditors to embark on a
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From 8 to 14 June 2024, Brigadier General André Patrice BITOTE, Director General of EIFORCES, led the traditional Africa study mission for two higher security education courses, namely the 10th Higher Degree of Security Studies (BESS 10) and the 13th Senior Staff Diploma of Security Forces (DEMFS 13), to Lomé, Togo. Under the theme « Police
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