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Djibouti certifies 17 African trainees in risk prevention

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Djibouti’s International Higher School of Civil Protection awarded certificates to 17 trainees from nine African countries after a level-two course on risk prevention. The course aimed to strengthen the analysis, anticipation and management of situations threatening people and property, according to the ESIPC.

Djibouti’s International Higher School of Civil Protection handed certificates on Thursday 29 October to 17 African trainees who had completed a level-two course in risk prevention, according to the Djibouti Information Agency (ADI).

The participants came from Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritania and Senegal. The training, led by French experts Jules Mazart and Olivier Ménard, covered the analysis, anticipation and management of situations threatening people and property, according to ADI.

The ceremony was attended by Abdoulaker Moussa Abayazid, national director of Civil Protection and acting commander of the fire service. The school, which hosts trainees from several African countries, aims to strengthen its partnerships and the operational capacities of civil protection services, it said.

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