STORY: AMISOM starts the process of handing over military

academy to the Somali National Army

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 13/DECEMBER/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Pan shot, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson
(SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Maj. Gen, Jim Owoyesigire,
AMISOM Force Commander walking to inspect the parade of honour
2. Wide shot, parade
3. Close up shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira being greeted by soldiers on
parade
4. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Maj. Gen, Jim Owoyesigire,
AMISOM Force Commander being greeted by soldiers on parade
5. Med shot, military parade
6. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army (SNA) officials touring the facility
7. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army (SNA) officials touring the facility
8. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira being shown around the water
treatment plant
9. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army officials walking
10. Wide shot, accommodation facilities at the Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy
11. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army officials walking
12. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army officials walking
13. Tilt down shot, meeting hall at the Jaalle Siyaad military academy
14. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Maj. Gen, Jim Owoyesigire,
AMISOM Force Commander
15. Med shot, soldiers attending the meeting
16. Med shot, AMISOM officials attending the meeting
17. Close up shot, a senior official from AMISOM at the event
18. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Sheikh Madobe, Head of Operations
in the Somali National Army (SNA)
“We value the spirit of brotherhood from AMISOM and appreciate the rare sacrifices
you have made to bring peace to Somalia. You are doing this because of the bonds of
brotherhood. Other people would not have been so kind. We really appreciate what
you have done.”

19. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army (SNA) officials leaving the meeting hall
20. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army (SNA) officials
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative
of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“We thank the Government of Somalia for allowing us to occupy this place at a time
when the war against the Al-Shabaab was at its peak. At the moment, we needed to
liberate Mogadishu from Al-Shabaab occupation. We used this infrastructure meant
for educating and training cadets, to wage war against Al-Shabaab, and the truth is
that Al-Shabaab is no-longer in Mogadishu (as a result), and if they are here, they
are in hiding. This is really an important decision and an important chapter of the
Transition Plan. The handing over of the Stadium and of the Academy is the second
step forward.”

22. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and senior AMISOM and Somali
National Army (SNA) officials leaving the Academy

AMISOM starts the process of handing over military academy to the Somali
National Army

Mogadishu, 13 December 2018 - A cadet training school occupied by African Union

troops for the last eleven years, will soon be handed over to the Somali National
Army (SNA).

Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, served as a key
operations base for the African Union troops at the height of the war against Al-
Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab militants and a Forward Operating Base from which the
troops waged a fierce war against the militants, leading to the liberation of
Mogadishu in 2011.

The handover process of the institution is being undertaken within the framework of
the Somalia Transition Plan and the United Nations Security Council Resolutions,
which call for a gradual and conditions-based transfer of Somalia’s security
responsibilities to the Somali security forces.
The African Union’s Special Representative for Somalia, who is also the Head of
AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira did an inspection tour of the
academy today, to assess rehabilitation works currently underway at the military
institution.

“We thank the Somali government for allowing us to occupy this place at a time
when the war against Al-Shabaab was at its peak,” Ambassador Madeira said. “At
that moment, we needed to liberate Mogadishu from the occupation of the Al-
Shabaab,” added the AU Special Representative, who was accompanied on the
assessment tour by senior Somali National Army and AMISOM officials.

“The handing over of the (Mogadishu) Stadium and of the Academy is the second
step forward,” stated Madeira, referring to the sixty-thousand capacity Mogadishu
National Stadium, which was vacated by AMISOM troops and handed over to the
Federal Government in August 2018.

The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) is spearheading

refurbishment works at the military academy ahead of its handover to the
government. At least forty-eight (48) prefabricated buildings, a hospital, water
treatment and power plants will be fully restored before the formal handover in
2019.

“We value the spirit of brotherhood from AMISOM and appreciate the rare sacrifices
you have made to bring peace to Somalia,” Brig. Gen. Mohamed Sheikh Madobe, the
Somali National Army (SNA) Head of Operations told the delegation from AMISOM.

Burundian troops currently occupying the institution are due to relocate to a

Forward Operating Base in the outskirts of Mogadishu. This will be the third key
institution handed over to the Somali government by the AU Mission since 2017. In
July 2017 the Mission relinquished control of the Somali National University, which it
had used as a military base for ten years, and handed it back to the Government.

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