The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), in collaboration with the Government of France, officially opened the 41st Joint Campaign Planning (JCP) Course on 12 October 2026, in Accra. The course brought together 22 participants from across Africa to strengthen their operational planning skills and enhance their capacity to coordinate joint military operations in support of peacekeeping and conflict management.
Delivering the opening remarks on behalf of the Commandant, Air Vice Marshal David Akrong, the Deputy Director of Training, Wg Cmdr. Christian Eshun (Rtd), highlighted the growing complexity of security challenges across Africa and the need for continuous capacity building among military personnel.
He stated that in spite of the numerous interventions by regional bodies to curb conflicts in the sub region, the conflict situation in Africa is still not so stable. In our region, crises are increasingly becoming complex and now require more extensive training that meets the framework of international peacekeeping missions. It is in this regard that, this continent needs to develop the skills of our military personnel to meet these challenges, whiles sustaining advocacy in the peacebuilding process.
Speaking on behalf of the French Ambassador to Ghana, the French Defence Attaché, Col Gregoire Madelin emphasized the importance of equipping security personnel with effective operational planning skills to respond to evolving threats and encouraged participants to exchange experiences, embrace new knowledge and strengthen professional networks.
He said ‘Every day, the troops deployed in peacekeeping operations face multiple threats, with increasingly inventive and audacious adversaries who are well-versed in new technologies and are resolutely offensive, sometimes resorting to violence without restraint. This new reality requires defense and security forces to adapt their operational readiness tools and to collaborate at the highest level in order to meet the challenges presented.’