STORY: AMISOM Police holds sensitization

meeting on countering violent extremism

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DATELINE: 30/08/2016, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
SHORT LIST:
1.
Wide shot, ISWA Police Force Officers and officials
present during the Police function
2.
Med shot, high ranking official present during the Police
function
3.
Med shot, Abdirashid Abdullahi, the Governor of Bay
Region
4.
Close up, officials present during the Police function
5.
SOUNDBITE: ABDIRASHID ABDULLAHI, GOVERNOR,
BAY REGION.
The local community has a role to play in this. They have been
sensitised about this at the district and the regional level. The
Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Interior have carried out
awareness activities to encourage community members to
participate in security programmes and counter any threats on
the safe conduct of the forthcoming electoral process in Baidoa.
6.
Wide shot, ISWA Police Force officers and officials
present during the Police function
7.
Med shot, women leaders present during the Police
function
8.
Close up, an official present during the Police function
9.
Wide shot, ISWA Police Force officers and officials
present during the Police function
10. SOUNDBITE: COLONEL ADAN ALI HASSAN, ISWA
POLICE FORCE HEAD OF TRAINING.
AMISOM conducts police training and has so far trained three
cohorts. They also conduct training seminars, workshops as well
as conducting community policing, awareness and rule of law.

11. Wide shot, women leaders present during the Police

function
12. Med shot, ISWA Police Force Officers and officials
present during the Police function
13. Wide shot, representatives from civil society
organisations and women leaders present during the Police
function
14. SOUNDBITE: CHIEF INSPECTOR JOHN MARETE,
AMISOM POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
Our message to you today people of Baidoa is that inasmuch as
it is the responsibility of the State through its security forces to
protect you, to ensure peace and stability, to ensure your safety
and security, it is as much your responsibility as it is the
responsibility of the State and security forces.
15. Wide shot, ISWA Police Force officers and officials
present during the Police function
16. Med shot, ISWA Police Force officers and officials present
during the Police function
17. Med shot, women leaders present during the Police
function

AMISOM Police holds sensitization meeting on countering

violent extremism
Baidoa, 30 August 2016 - AMISOM Police today held a community
sensitization meeting on countering violent extremism and
radicalization in the southwestern city of Baidoa.
The campaign took a community-policing approach in its
mobilisation programme and is one of a series of community
sensitization meetings planned by the police component of the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ahead of the forthcoming
electoral process.
The Baidoa meeting was attended by Abdirashid Abdullahi, the
Governor of Bay Region and representatives from civil society
organizations, women leaders, youth, senior Somali Police Force
officers and officials from the Interim South West Administration
(ISWA).

The Bay Governor affirmed the residents resolve to cooperate with

security forces to counter violent extremism.
The local community has a role to play in this. They have been
sensitized about this at the district and the regional level. The
Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Interior have carried out
awareness activities to encourage community members to
participate in security programmes and counter any threats on the
safe conduct of the forthcoming electoral process in Baidoa, Mr.
Abdullahi said.
Chief Inspector John Marete, the AMISOM Police Public Information
Officer, said the ISWA state security forces with support from
AMISOM, were ready to secure the electoral process, which will
culminate in a vote to choose the countrys next president.
Chief Inspector Marete, however, urged community members to
assume responsibility of their safety and cooperate with security
forces.
Our message to you today people of Baidoa is that inasmuch as it
is the responsibility of the State through its security forces to protect
you, to ensure peace and stability, to ensure your safety and
security, it is as much your responsibility as it is the responsibility of
the State and security forces, he stressed.
Colonel Adan Ali Hassan, the ISWA Police Force head of training
extolled the AMISOM Police component for the training accorded to
the Somali Police Force.
AMISOM conducts police training and has so far trained three
cohorts. They also conduct training seminars, workshops as well as
conducting community policing, awareness and rule of law, said
Colonel Ali Hassan.
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