STORY: SRCC Ambassador Francisco

Madeira in inaugural visit to Baidoa,

meets with ISWA leadership
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LANGUAGE: ENG/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 05/APRIL/2016, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1.
Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special
Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson for
Somalia (SRCC) and Head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
arrives in Baidoa
2.
Med shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira is received at
Baidoa airport by AMISOM senior officers
3.
Med shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira is received at
Baidoa airport by AMISOM senior officers
4.
Close up, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira is
received at the airport by AMISOM senior officers
5.
Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira
inspects the guard of honour in Baidoa
6.
Med shot, SRCC and Head of AMISOM Ambassador
Francisco Madeira inspects the guard of honour
7.
Close up, Ambassador Madeira inspects the guard of
honour
8.
Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira meets with
Interim South West Administration President Shariff Hassan
Sheikh Adan
9.
Med shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Major
General Mohamedesha Zeyinu, AMISOM Acting Force Commander
10. Close up, Ambassador Francisco Madeira during the
meeting
11. Med shot, senior AMISOM officers present during the
visit
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) PRESIDENT SHARIFF
HASSAN, INTERIM SOUTH WEST ADMINISTRATION
PRESIDENT.
Today, SRCC visited us here in Baidoa, we discussed many issues
among them security, and specifically, securing and de-mining of

roads, removing and degrading Al Shabaab from the remaining

districts under their control and training of Somali forces. We are
very grateful for the support from AMISOM and we hope they will
successfully complete their mission.
13. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira meets with
Interim South West Administration President Shariff Hassan
Sheikh Adan
14. Med shot, Ambassador Madeira meets with Interim
South West Administration President Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan
15. Med shot, some of the officials present during the visit
16. SOUNDBITE: AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA,
AFRICAN UNION SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA
AND HEAD OF THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA.
I came here today to formally present myself as the Head of
AMISOM to ISWA President Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan. Secondly,
I held meetings with the President, Sector Commander and heads
of various security structures to identify progress made on
security, challenges on the same and what needs to be done.
ENDS
STORY
SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira in inaugural visit to
Baidoa, meets with ISWA leadership
The Special Representative of the African Union Commission
Chairperson for Somalia, (SRCC), Ambassador Francisco Madeira
today made his inaugural visit Baidoa, the capital of Interim
Southwest Administration (ISWA) since his appointment as head of
the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
SRCC Madeira held meetings with ISWA leadership to formally
present himself to President Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan and discuss
matters of mutual interest.
In his brief to the media after the meeting, SRCC Madeira stated that
discussions largely focused on security and inter-agency cooperation
between AMISOM and ISWA security structures.
I came here today to formally present myself as the Head of
AMISOM to ISWA President Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan. Secondly, I
held meetings with the President, Sector Commander and heads of
various security structures to identify progress made on security,
challenges on the same and what needs to be done, said the SRCC.
He added, We also discussed training of SNA, logistical support, the
need to carry out joint operations to de-mine the roads, flush out
and degrade Al Shabaab, and how to implement these plans. There

are challenges to such missions and we will engage the Federal

Government and the international community.
He further noted that during the discussions, enhanced cooperation
between AMISOM, SNA, and ISWA Police among other security
structures were underscored.
On his part, ISWA President Shariff Hassan reiterated pointers raised
by the SRCC while thanking AMISOM for its continued support to the
Somali people.
Today, SRCC visited us here in Baidoa, we discussed many issues
among them security, and specifically, securing and de-mining of
roads, removing and degrading Al Shabaab from the remaining
districts under their control and training of Somali forces. We are
very grateful for the support from AMISOM and we hope they will
successfully complete their mission, said the President.
Baidoa is clustered under Sector III of AMISOM areas of operation in
Somalia, secured by AMISOM Ethiopian National Defence Forces.
END.