STORY: AMISOM, SNA military commanders set targets for

joint operations against militants

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DATELINE: 14-15/APRIL/2021, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot - AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) officers at the meeting
2. Wide shot - Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special Representative of the
African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, attending via Zoom
3. Med shot - General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s Chief of Defence
Forces
4. Med shot - Brig. Bob Ogiki, AMISOM military Chief of Staff and Lt. Gen. Diomede
Ndegeya, AMISOM Force Commander, listening to the SRCC Ambassador Francisco
Madeira
5. Close up shot - SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira speaking via Zoom
6. Med shot - SNA officers
7. Wide shot - Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special Representative of the
African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, attending via Zoom
8. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special
Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia,
“The conference marks an important milestone in the roadmap towards peace and
stability in Somalia, where Somali security forces are to assume a lead role in their
own security operations, as laid out in the Somali Transition plan,”

9. Close up shot - Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya, AMISOM Force Commander listening
to General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s Chief of Defence Forces
10. Med shot - General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s Chief of Defence
Forces
11. Med shot - AMISOM senior officers
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s
Chief of Defence Forces
“I want to express my commitment to all the plans we have agreed upon and make it
clear that SNA is committed to implementing its part as agreed. I call upon the
sectors to take seriously the reconfiguration synchronization matrix and put in action
all its recommendations so that we can achieve our harmonized plans,”

13. Med shot - AMISOM and SNA officers at the meeting

14. Med shot - AMISOM senior officers
15. Close up shot - SNA officers
16. Med shot - Maj. General William Kitsao Shume, AMISOM Deputy Force
Commander, Operations and Plans
17. Wide shot - Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special Representative of the
African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, attending via Zoom
18. Close up shot - SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira
19. Wide shot - SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira attending the meeting
20. Close up shot - Computer
21. Wide shot - Sector Commanders’ virtual conference
22. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya, AMISOM Force Commander
“We are closing the conference having deliberated and had a common
understanding on the harmonized plan. I urge all the sectors to embark on its
implementation along with the AMISOM mandate. You have to establish as soon as
possible the AMISOM-SNA joint planning and coordination cells within your sectors,
and ensure they are fully operational,”

23. Close up shot - officers taking notes at the meeting

24. Wide shot - officers at the meeting
25. Close up shot - an officer listening
26. Med shot - Senior SNA officers at the meeting
27. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya, AMISOM Force Commander
“I call upon sector commanders to continue to degrade Al-Shabaab and other
opposition groups, and secure the main supply routes and key population centres by
conducting joint operations with Somali security forces,”

28. Wide shot - the participants clapping

29. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, The Special
Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson for Somalia, (SRCC)
“The months ahead will be crucial in the implementation of the decisions we have
made together during this conference. As the mission gets into the next phase,
where AMISOM is expected to gradually transfer security responsibility to the Somali
security forces, joint planning and coordination, as well as harmonized force
reconfiguration will enable the mission to maintain operational effectiveness, thus,
we can timely and effectively respond to threats within our area of responsibility,”
30. Wide shot - officers leaving after at the end of the meeting
31. Close up shot - General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s Chief of
Defence Forces commander receives a gift from Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya,
AMISOM Force
32. Wide shot - General Odawa Yusuf Rage, Somali National Army’s Chief of Defence
Forces commander receives a gift from Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya, AMISOM Force
33. Wide shot - group photo

AMISOM, SNA military commanders set targets for joint operations against
militants

Mogadishu 16th April, 2021 –A two-day meeting to evaluate security sector gains in
Somalia has ended in Mogadishu, the capital, with the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) agreeing on strategies for
Somali security forces to take a lead role in security operations going forward.

Attending the meeting were representatives from the Federal Government of

Somalia (FGS), military commanders from the Somali National Army (SNA) and
AMISOM, as well as officials from the United Nations Support Office in Somalia, the
UK Mission Support Team and several of Somalia’s international partners.

“The conference marks an important milestone in the roadmap towards peace and
stability in Somalia, where Somali security forces are to assume a lead role in their
own security operations, as laid out in the Somali Transition plan (STP),” said
Ambassador Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African
Union Commission (SRCC) when he officially opened the conference on Wednesday.

The Somali Transition Plan is a key deliverable in the AMISOM mandate agreed upon
in December 2017, when the Federal Government of Somalia and the international
community agreed on a conditions-based transition plan to enable Somalia to
assume full responsibility for its security.

Held under the theme “Joint Planning and Coordination with a Harmonized Plan for a
Timely and Effective Implementation of the AMISOM Mandate”, the conference
evaluated progress on the implementation of the AMISOM Concept of Operations
2018-2021, discussed the harmonization of military operations and plans, joint
planning and coordination, the revised STP 2021 and the United Nations Security
Council Resolution 2568(2021).
“I want to express my commitment to all the plans we have agreed upon and make it
clear that SNA is committed to implementing its part as agreed. I call upon the
sectors to take seriously the reconfiguration synchronization matrix and put in action
all its recommendations so that we can achieve our harmonized plans,” said SNA’s
Chief of Defence Forces, General Odawa Yusuf Rage, reiterating that his forces, with
support from AMISOM and other partners, have been building capacity for the
eventual take over of security responsibilities from AMISOM.

The conference ended on Thursday with a resolution to follow a harmonized plan

that all sectors of AMISOM and the Somali security forces will jointly implement,
guided by the revised Somalia Transition Plan 2021 and the United Nations Security
Council Resolution 2568.

“We are closing the conference having deliberated and reached a common
understanding on the harmonized plan. I urge all the sectors to embark on its
implementation along with the AMISOM mandate. You have to establish as soon as
possible the AMISOM-SNA joint planning and coordination cells within your sectors,
and ensure that they are fully operational,” said AMISOM Force Commander,
Lieutenant General Diomede Ndegeya, while addressing the sector commanders
who joined via online link from their bases across Somalia.

“I call upon sector commanders to continue to degrade Al-Shabaab and other armed
opposition groups, and secure the main supply routes and key population centres by
conducting joint operations with Somali security forces,” the Force Commander
added.

In a presentation on compliance with AMISOM’s obligation under International

Humanitarian Law (IHL) and human rights, Dr. Omar Alasow, AMISOM’s Senior IHL
and human rights advisor, said AMISOM had adopted preventive and mitigatory and
intervention mechanisms to ensure compliance with IHL and human rights
obligations including the implementation of the UN Human Rights Due Diligence
Policy.

“The months ahead will be crucial in the implementation of the decisions we have
made together during this conference. As the mission gets into the next phase,
where AMISOM is expected to gradually transfer security responsibility to the Somali
security forces, joint planning and coordination, as well as harmonized force
reconfiguration will enable the mission to maintain operational effectiveness, thus,
we can timely and effectively respond to threats within our area of responsibility,”
said SRCC Madeira in his closing remarks.