STORY: African Union Special

Representative urges continued

assistance for Somalias security forces
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DATELINE: 29/AUGUST/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHORT LIST
1. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union
Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and the sector commanders
at the meeting
2. Close up shot, the United Nations Support Office in
Somalia (UNSOS) Officer-In-Charge of Supply Chain
Management Service, Herbert Pechek at the meeting
3. Close up shot, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, the
AMISOM Force Commander at the meeting
4. Med shot, Maj Gen Nakibus Lakara, AMISOM Deputy
Force Commander (Support and Logistics) and the SNA Deputy
Chief of Defence Forces Brig. Gen. Ali Bashi at the meeting
5. Med shot, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, the AMISOM
Force Commander; Maj Gen Mohamedesha Zeyinu, Deputy
Force Commander (Operations and Plans) at the meeting
6. Med shot, sector commanders attending the meeting
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco
Madeira, The Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC)
for Somalia
We need the concurrence of troop contributing countries, the
concurrence of our eternal partner UNSOS (United Nations Support
Office in Somalia) and we also need the concurrence of our partners
from the international community.
8. Med shot, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, the AMISOM
Force Commander and Col. Ronald Bigiriwa Acting Sector 1
Contingent Commander listening at the meeting
9. Wide shot, sector commanders at the meeting

10.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco
Madeira, The Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC)
for Somalia
The next step requires concrete operational commitments,
logistical commitments and intelligence gathering commitments. It
is something that cannot be done by SNA alone or by AMISOM alone
or partners alone. It is something that can be effectively and
successfully done with convergence and concurrence of all the three
stakeholders.
11.
Wide shot, sector commanders at the meeting
12.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant General
Osman Noor Soubagleh, AMISOM Force Commander
We have been planning and preparing to ascertain the conditions
for execution of offensives to disrupt, degrade and deny Al-Shabaab
their freedom of movement and access to safe havens across
Somalia.
13.
SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Brig. Gen. Ali Bashi,
the Somali National Army Deputy Chief of Defence
Forces
I promise that the SNA will always be there. We take AMISOM as a
reliable partner. We will improve the way in which we coordinate. We
will build the level of trust and build further on the meetings that we
have had by meeting even more regularly at all levels.
14.
meeting

Wide shot, sector commanders attending the

STORY
African Union Special Representative urges continued
assistance for Somalias security forces
Mogadishu, 29 August 2016 - The Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia,
Ambassador Francisco Madeira, on Monday urged international
partners to increase their support to the Somali National Army
(SNA), describing the fight against militant insurgency by AlShabaab as at a critical stage.
Speaking at the conclusion of a six-day meeting of Force
Commanders of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and
the SNA, Ambassador Madeira said a needs assessment task

undertaken by both AMISOM and the Somalia National Army (SNA)

was complete.
The next step requires concrete operational commitments,
logistical commitments and intelligence gathering commitments. It
is something that cannot be done by SNA alone, AMISOM or
development partners alone. It is something that can be effectively
and successfully done with convergence and concurrence of all the
three stakeholders, Ambassador Madeira observed.
Madeira said following the assessment task a committee would soon
be established to determine the requirements of training camps to
be set under the Guulwade Plan, launched by the Somali Ministry of
Defence, which outlines the SNAs arms and equipment needs for
effective joint operations with AMISOM.
Under the plan, a total of 10,900 SNA troops, comprising units from
the regions, would receive support from international partners for
participation in joint operations with AMISOM.
The conference was attended by the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt.
Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh; SNA Chief of Defence Forces, Maj.
Gen. Mohamed Aden Ahmed; SNA Deputy Chief of Defence Forces
Brig. Gen. Ali Bashi, UN representatives and other senior AMISOM
and SNA officers.
We have been planning and preparing to ascertain the conditions
for execution of offensives to disrupt, degrade and deny Al-Shabaab
their freedom of movement and access to safe havens across
Somalia, Gen. Soubagleh noted.
Speaking on behalf of his troops, the SNA Deputy Chief of Defence
Forces Brig. Gen. Ali Bashi promised its full participation in joint
operations.
We take AMISOM as a reliable partner. We will improve the way in
which we coordinate. We will build the level of trust and build further
on the meetings that we have had by meeting more regularly at all
levels, Brig Bashi added.
The meeting was meant to foster cordial working relations between
the officers and enhance collaboration in operations against AlShabaab.