Police reunited with family after two years
Fifteen members of the Samoan Police Force have finally been reunited with their families after serving an extended term with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in South Sudan since early 2019.
The Samoa Observer reports the officers were initially to serve a 12-month mission but the global lockdown from the covid-19 pandemic delayed their return.
Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil and senior officers held a welcome function for the officers this week.
Deputy Police Commissioner, Papalii Monalisa Tiai-Keti, says the officers arrived three weeks ago and were quarantined for two weeks before being released last Friday.