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The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy ( ILEA ) in Gaborone.

The academy, jointly financed, managed and staffed by the two nations, provides training to police and government officials from across the Sub-Saharan region.

The academy's permanent campus, in Otse outside of Gaborone, opened March 2003.

Over 3, 000 law enforcement professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa have received training from ILEA since it began offering classes in 2001.