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.