Four Samoan police depart for peacekeeping in Darfur

Four Samoa police officers have left the country to begin peacekeeping duties in wartorn Darfur, in Western Sudan.

Samoa police badge bearing the country's public seal which reads "Faavae i Le Atua Samoa" which translates to English as "God be the Foundation of Samoa" Photo: RNZI/ Koroi Hawkins

The four, including a woman officer, will be on a 12-month mission.

The contingent continues the Samoa Police's contribution to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission which started in 2000 with a deployment to East Timor.

The first mission to Sudan was in 2017 with a contingent of six officers.