The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) and UNDP, with support from the Government of Japan undertook two separate trainings to enhance the operational effectiveness of peacekeepers against terrorist attacks.

The 1^st training, which took place at the KAIPTC in Accra, on 22^nd October-2^nd November 2018, brought together participants from eight African countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo). The 2^nd training, from 26^th November - 30^th November 2018 was held in Nigeria, with participants from within Nigeria. The trainings used both theoretical and simulation exercises to enable participants to gain better understanding of possible terrorism scenarios and strategies to handle different situations.

These trainings fall within a project entitled “Improving Response Capacities to Terrorism in Peacekeeping Theatres in Africa”, which is focusing on training 100 personnel from the training units of the eight Police/Troop Contributing Countries, stated above. The project recognized the changing nature of conflicts and the increasing challenges and risks to peacekeepers and their missions and thus using research and training models that can improve their response capacities to attacks. The project has so far trained 62 participants including 10 females. The final training is expected to be in January 2019.