Uganda: IOM Moves to Bridge Gap Between Police and Slums

20 October 2017

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday launched a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the counter terrorism unit of the police to fight radicalism through community policing.

The training, part of the Strengthening Social Cohesion in Slum (SSCoS) project, aims at incorporating community policing, and human rights principles into the counter terrorism policing. Also, it seeks to find existing gaps within the force and formulate a quick-reference guide highlighting the key principles to be followed.

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