Rwanda: Regional Police Chiefs to Form Continental Joint Crime Force

The directors of Criminal investigations and Interpol from both Eastern and Southern Africa will today meet in Kampala, Uganda, to among others, examine the possibility of setting up a continental police organisation to help curb crime in the continent.

Uganda Police Director of Interpol and International Relations, Asan Kasingye, said the idea of forming African Police (Afripol) is on the agenda of the meeting that will also discuss strategies of reducing cross-border crimes in both sub regions. "The formation of Afripol is an idea that we want to moot, and the questions will be that do we need it or we don't?" Kasingye told The New Times in Kampala yesterday.

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