Representatives attend regional meeting on crime

Police representatives from Djibouti have attended a regional meeting in Rwanda, along with other Horn of Africa states, on the rise of organised crime across national borders. Nine African countries, including Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, agreed to mount joint police operations to combat the problem, said Associated Press (AP) on 7 September. Ministers and police representatives from the countries also agreed to provide police units with specialised training on combating crimes involving information technology, conference representatives told AP. The east and central African region was witnessing a rise in drug trafficking, motor-vehicle theft and economic crimes committed with the help of information technology, the Rwandan police chief said on 7 September.