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Elections are crucial to the success of every democracy and the importance of voting cannot be overemphasized. 2015 is a year of elections for many African countries. As our Nigerian neighbors recently hit the polls, we thought it best to share a few election security tips with our law enfo... Read More

The White House Office of the Press Secretary Press Release June 27, 2013 The United States strongly supports the great strides many African countries have made to ensure good governance, rule of law, and respect for human rights.  We commend the progress they have made to broaden polit... Read More

U.S. Embassy Accra Press Release February 12, 2013 Deputy Chief of Mission Pat Alsup along with National Security Coordinator Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey addressed trainees as they completed course work on Financial and Transnational Organized Crime Investigations. This was the first trainin... Read More

There is indeed never a dull moment at the RTC and we are currently gearing up for the new training year. In our bid to improve upon our courses and operations as a training center, the RTC engaged monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experts to provide insight on the current tools we use to measu... Read More

This month, the RTC was privileged to host John Koogler and Neal Nightingale- ILEA Team Leader and Program Officer from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). This was their first visit to the RTC and I had the opportunity to sit with Jo... Read More

In the first week of this month, the RTC was privileged to host young, enthusiastic law enforcement officials from Ghana for the AFRICOM-sponsored course titled “International Passenger Interdiction Training,” delivered by the United States Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP). ... Read More

Madam Quaye at the Premier Alumni Network Event We hope you are all progressing in your various law enforcement careers and making applicable use of the RTC knowledge and experience gained during training deliveries.  We have yet another success story on a case that led to the rescue of a... Read More

Our guest writer this month is an RTC Alumnus, from our Trafficking in Persons course. Moses is from Nigeria and is a Certified Trainer & Senior Intelligence Officer with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). He is a member of The Security Institute, Unit... Read More

Sarah, presenting RTC Alumni Network Outreach Programs to a graduating class “Thank you for all you do for Africa.” About a month ago, I received the powerful message above from an RTC alumnus, which struck a chord with me about the importance of my job. I realize now how valuable... Read More

Our first AFRICOM funded course, set the ball rolling for the month of February. The course was delivered by experienced agents who retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and one of our favorite instructors- Griz- was back at the RTC! It was a class made up of outstanding students... Read More

In December last year, the RTC hosted a course on The Role of the Judiciary in a Democratic Society, for Francophone judges. One of our judges from Guinea wrote an extensive report on the course that we would like to share with you. It is always inspiring to read participants’ perspectives ... Read More

This month, we would like to feature a story based on a real-life successful Maritime Operation that demonstrates the value of international cooperation in fighting transnational organized crime. The writer, Miss Jenna Lefler, is one of the Program Managers here at the West Africa Regional Traini... Read More

Joining the RTC family this year is Hayward Lampley who will be steering affairs at the RTC.  Mr. Lampley is a retired law enforcement agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with over thirty years’ worth of valuable experience. He served as DEA’s Chief of Missi... Read More

The RTC was privileged to host senior officials from the United States Government and the Government of Ghana to engage in a high level consultation on the U.S.-Ghana Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership Implementation. The meeting focused on discussing the progress in achieving the object... Read More

The West Africa Regional Training Center (RTC) definitely has great alumni and instructors. During the recent Advanced Narcotics Investigations Course, we were privileged to welcome back to the RTC, alumni who had previously attended trainings. They had amazing testimonials on how beneficial the ... Read More