STORY: Senior Leadership of AMISOM meet with Governor

of Lower Shabelle region to discuss liberated towns –

Sabiid and Bariire
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ SOMALI/ NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 18/MAY/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST

1. Wide shot: Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia flanked by the
Governor Lower Shabelle region, Ibrahim Aden Ali, posing for a group photo
2. Wide shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, talking during the meeting
3. Mid shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, talking during the meeting
4. Mid shot, participants from AMISOM and other partners listening during the
meeting
5. Mid shot, AMISOM Senior PIO, listening during the meeting
6. Mid shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, talking during the meeting
7. Wide shot, participants taking part in the meeting
8. Mid shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira listening during the meeting
9. Mid shot, Governor Lower Shabelle Region, Ibrahim Aden Ali, talking during the
meeting
10. Wide shot, participants taking part in the meeting
11. Mid shot, Governor Lower Shabelle Region, Ibrahim Aden Ali, talking during the
meeting
12. Mid shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Governor Lower Shabelle
Region, Ibrahim Aden Ali, shaking hands during after the meeting
13. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
(SRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“We made a review of the situation after Sabiid and Baarire were taken. We are
happy with the progress being made. We are working together, and partners are
responding positively. The Governor is in control of the situation and we are all
helping him and his Government. They are controlling the situation.”

14. Mid shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Governor Lower Shabelle
Region, Ibrahim Aden Ali, walking out of the building after the meeting
Senior Leadership of AMISOM meet with Governor of Lower Shabelle region to
discuss liberated towns – Sabiid and Bariire

Mogadishu, 19 May 2019 – The Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), Ambassador Francisco Madeira and members of the senior leadership
team have met with leaders of the Lower Shabelle region to exchange views on
defeating Al-Shabaab.

The closed-door consultative meeting on Saturday followed recent operational

successes recorded against Al-Shabaab in the Lower Shabelle region.

At the meeting held at the AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, the Somali
leaders included Ibrahim Aden Ali, the Governor of Lower Shabelle region, the
Regional Police Commissioner Col. Abdi Ibrahim Jama, and Deputy Governor for
Finance Affairs, Abdifitah Abdulle Yusuf.

It will be recalled that on April 2, 2019, Somali Security Forces and AMISOM troops
liberated the town of Sabiid. A month later on May 3, 2019, the forces also liberated
Bariire town.

The meeting among others reviewed the progress made in both recent operations,
the challenges and the way forward.

At the end of the meeting, Ambassador Madeira said, “We have reviewed the
situation following the capture of Sabiid and Bariire. We are happy with the progress
and we will continue to work jointly, in coordination with our partners. The
Governor is in control, and we support him and his administration.”

ENDS