Major General Richard Addo Gyane assumes office as Commandant of KAIPTC
On 11th November 2022, Major General Richard Addo Gyane assumed office as the Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). He took over from Major General Francis Ofori who was Commandant from 2019 – 2022. Maj Gen Gyane attended St. Peters Secondary School, Kwatia-Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana from 1977 […]
Major General Richard Addo Gyane takes over as Commandant of KAIPTC
Major General Richard Addo Gyane has officially assumed office as the Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. He takes over from Major General Francis Ofori (Rtd) who was Commandant from 2019 – 2022. A Mechanical Engineer by training, Major General Gyane commissioned into the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Corps of the […]
Norway supports KAIPTC to strengthen engagements, visibility at 73rd Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
With funding support from the Norwegian Government, the Director of the Policy, Plans, Monitoring and Evaluation Department (PPMED) at the Centre led a team to participate in the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in The Gambia in October 2022. It was a great opportunity for the Centre […]
New project to address barriers to women in peacekeeping commences
Global Affairs Canada has provided funding to KAIPTC to implement an 18-month project aimed at addressing barriers to women in peacekeeping operations. The project, dubbed “Enhancing Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) capabilities to address barriers to Women in Peacekeeping”, was informed by the recommendations of the 2020 Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations (MOWIP) Report. […]
WPSI, Sweden strengthen capacities to report and monitor progress on WPS Agenda in Africa
After years of engagement and providing technical support to the Office of the Special Envoy (OSE) on WPS at the AU Commission on the development of the Continental Results Framework, the efforts of the WPSI have borne fruit with the roll-out of training sessions on the CRF in selected African countries. Prior to the delivery […]
Norway supports KAIPTC to conduct Impact Study on Election Observation Training
In collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission and other missions, KAIPTC has been delivering the Election Observation Training (EOT) for Election Observers in West Africa for the past seven (7) years. With hundreds benefiting from the training over the period, it was time to look back and assess the impact of the course and its value […]
KAIPTC commissions new block in honour of former Commandant, AVM Griffiths Evans (Rtd)
The Centre has commissioned a new block in honour of one of its past Commandants, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Griffiths Santrofi Evans (Rtd) for his exemplary leadership during his tenure from 2017 – 2019. The ‘GS Evans Block’, which was initiated by him, will accommodate the Design and Production Unit (DPU), the Language Centre, the […]
Third Phase of the Danish Maritime Security Programme for the Gulf of Guinea (DMSP 3) takes off
A five-year project (2022-2026) – Integrated Responses to Threats to Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) Maritime Domain in West and Central Africa – is being implemented by the KAIPTC with funding from the Government of Denmark, through the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Using the experience of the previous three-year […]
Fourteenth edition of the Maritime Security and Transnational Organized Crime (MSTOC) Course held
For most countries in Africa, limited maritime capacities remain a challenge for law enforcement agencies. In the quest to expose participants to relevant and current skills and best practices in the domain of maritime security and transnational organized crimes within the broader African context, the KAIPTC organized the fourteenth edition of the Maritime Security and […]
Twelfth edition of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) in Armed Conflict Course comes off from 10th – 12th October, 2022
Civilian populations bear the greatest brunt of today’s complex and intractable conflicts. This changing nature of conflicts has necessitated both doctrinal and operational shifts in peace support operations. As part of Switzerland’s numerous effort to strengthen the protection of civilians, the Swiss Confederation, through its Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports/DDPS, funded the […]
