STORY:AMISOM, Somali government and key stakeholders

meet to review progress in the security sector

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DATELINE: 10/OCTOBER/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, AMISOM, Somali government, the UN and other

stakeholders at the CAS Strand 1 meeting .
2. Med shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Ms. Christine Alalo
together with other officials attending a security progress report for
Somalia.
3. Med shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Ms. Christine Alalo
together with an AU military officer listening.
4. Med shot, Somalia Ministry of Defence officials.
5. Med close up shot, Other officials listening to the progress report.
6. Med shot, A Somali military officer and other officials listening.

7. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MR. HASSAN ALI MOHAMED, THE FEDERAL

MINISTER OF DEFENCE.
“Technical work has been going on since then and we are happy to
hold this meeting to update you on the progress made and discuss
the implementation of the task before us.”

8. Wide shot, African Union and Somalia security officials and other key
stakeholders during meeting.
9. Med close up shot, Military observers from other countries listening.
10. Med shot, AU Special Representative for Somalia Amb. Francisco
Madeira together with his deputy, Mr. Simon Mulongo at the
meeting.
11. Med close up shot, AMISOM military officer and the deputy AU
Special Representative for Somalia Mr. Simon Mulongo taking notes.
12. Close up shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Ms. Christine
Alalo listening attentively.
13. Close up shot, Ethiopian military officer listening attentively.

14. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MR. HASSAN ALI MOHAMED, THE FEDERAL

MINISTER OF DEFENCE
 “Currently we are conducting disruption operations in the Lower
Shabelle, Middle Shabelle and Hiiraan, which were planned with the
support of AMISOM, designed to keep the Al-Shabaab off balance.”

15. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, THE

AU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA.
“A lot of work has since been done and today we are better informed
on what the theatre of our operations look like and what is expected
from each one of us”

16. Med shot, Foreign military observers listening.

17. Med shot, AMISOM military officer and foreign military officials
listening.
18. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers from Zimbabwe and Ghana and
other officials listening

19. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, THE

AU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA.
“AMISOM forces continue to deliver and is fully committed to
implementing its mandate and the transition plan by protecting the
MSRs (Main Supply routes), key installations, key population centres,
despite the challenges faced; while conducting the military operations
in Jubbaland, South West and HirShabelle states; and the Benadir
Regional Administration”

20. Wide shot,AMISOM, Somali government and other key security

stakeholders at the meeting.
21. Med shot, Somali military officers at the meeting.
22. Close up shot, AMISOM officers follow discussions at the meeting.

23. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, THE

AU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA.
“It is therefore important that the force generation of the Somali
security forces that are going to take over from us remains
predictable and visible.”

STORY

AMISOM, Somali government and key stakeholders meet to review progress in the
security sector

Mogadishu, 11 August 2018 - A daylong meeting of the Federal Government of

Somalia, the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the UN and other key stakeholders,
convened on Wednesday, to review progress made in the security sector, under the
Comprehensive Approach to Security (CAS).
The CAS Strand 1 meeting, co-chaired by the Federal Minister of Defence Mr. Hassan
Ali Mohamed and the AU Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Francisco
Caetano Madeira assessed progress made in the implementation of the
Comprehensive Approach to Security, a component of the Security Pact, signed in
London in May 2017, and which seeks a holistic approach to addressing the
Somalia’s security challenges.

“Technical work has been going on and we are happy to hold this meeting, to update
you on the progress made and discuss the implementation of the tasks before us,”
said the Defence Minister Hassan Ali Mohamed in his opening remarks.

“Currently we are conducting disruption operations in the Lower Shabelle, Middle

Shabelle and Hiiraan, which were planned with the support of AMISOM, designed to
keep the Al-Shabaab off balance,” the minister told the meeting.

CAS is hinged on three key strands notably political agreements and links between
the Federal Government and Federal Members states; which among others, includes
the agreement on the National Security Architecture; countering violent extremism
and integration of the national army. It is also pegged on the security of the 2020
elections; and reformed security institutions.

“Today we are better informed on what the theatre of our operations look like and
what each one of us needs to do,” Ambassador Madeira stated, adding that
AMISOM troops would “continue to deliver”, with the Mission remains “fully
committed” to implementing its mandate and the Transition Plan.

The AU troops have been engaged in protecting the Main Supply Routes (MSRs), key
installations and key population centres; as well as intensifying military operations in
Jubbaland, the South West and HirShabelle states; and the Benadir Regional
Administration, Ambassador Madeira stated.

In addition to reviewing progress made in the security front, the meeting also
reviewed AMISOM’S Operational Readiness Assessment (ORA), among others.
ORA, one of the tasks accomplished by AMISOM as set out in its plans last year,
audited the state of the Somali security forces both at the federal and regional state
levels.

Ambassador Madeira called for a cautious approach to the implementation of the

Transition Plan, noting that building requisite capacity of the Somali security forces
remains critical to the whole process.
“It is therefore important that the force generation of the Somali security forces that
are going to take over from us, remains predictable and visible,” he said.

END