STORY: AU ENVOY IN SOMALIA SPEAKS OUT ON KENYA ATTACK
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SOURCE: AMISOM PUBLIC INFORMATION
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 9TH APRIL 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot. SRCC, Ambassador Maman Sidikou arriving at the AMISOM VIP conference hall
2. Med shot, Deputy SRCC Hon. Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, SRCC Maman Sidikou and AMISOM Acting Force Commander Maj, General Jonathan Rono at the media briefing
3. Close up shot, AMISOM Acting Force Commander, Maj, General Jonathan Rono
4. Med shot, Somali journalists listening
5. Wide shot, Somali journalists covering the media briefing
6. Med shot, SRCC Maman Sidikou addressing the media
7. Wide shot, Somali journalists covering the media briefing
8. SOUNDBITE(English): SRCC Ambassador Maman Sidikou
“Dear friends, by expressing deep sadness over the loss of lives in the last month as a result of terror both here and to our neighbours in kenya, it always just proves that we should not tire our efforts to completely fight and degrade al-shabaab terrorists. Let the sobering moments or let the recent attack serve as a sobering moment for all of us, to act decisively with terrorists and their agents. Give no room for terror to spread further than it already has. Let it unite us even more, rather than divide us,”
9. Med shot, Somali female journalists at the media briefing
10. Med shot, Deputy SRCC Hon. lydia Wanyoto Mutende, SRCC Maman Sidikou and AMISOM acting force commander Maj, General Jonathan Rono listening
11. Close up shot, AMISOM Force Spokesperson, Col. Paul Njuguna taking notes
12. SOUNDBITE(English): SRCC Ambassador Maman Sidikou
“A review progress against the benchmarks for the possible future deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation, as well as to review the impact of the temporary AMISOM surge authorized in UNSCR 2124 (2013) so that we can set our recommendations on the next steps in the military campaign.”
13. Close up shot, video camera
14. Wide shot, Deputy SRCC Hon. Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, SRCC Maman Sidikou and AMISOM Acting Force Commander Maj. General Jonathan Rono listening.
15. SOUNDBITE(English): SRCC Ambassador Maman Sidikou
“I therefore repeat and further urge the international community to step up to the occasion and inject much needed resources for infrastructure development and immediate sustenance for a new crop of the Somali National Army and Police,”
16. Close up shot, Deputy SRCC Hon. Lydia Wanyoto Mutende taking notes
17. Wide shot, SRCC Maman Sidikou addressing the media
18. SOUNDBITE(English): SRCC Ambassador Maman Sidikou
“Let me also emphasize the critical need for a clear policy direction regarding security institutions in Somalia. We need a military that responds to Somalia’s present and can meet envisaged challenges in future,”
19. Med shot, journalists listening
20. SOUNDBITE(English): SRCC Ambassador Maman Sidikou
“It’s our responsibility, it is countries and governments responsibility to ensure that the terror networks are disrupted and in particular in what really makes them strong, which is financial flows and all the money that they have. Unfortunately this is a very serious area where they are very clever and astute. So we have to balance this, we have to patient and i understand that this is a serious issue, at the same time we call on those in charge to look into it so that the ordinary citizen is not hurt.”
21. Wide shot, journalists covering the SRCC’s media brief
SCRIPT
The Special Representative of the AU Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia and head of AMISOM, Ambassador Maman S. Sidikou has appealed to troop contributing countries to redouble their efforts in intelligence sharing, to combat terrorism.
In his monthly media briefing in Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday, Ambassador Sidikou regretted the loss of lives from the recent terror attacks in Somalia and Kenya. “Let the recent attacks serve as a sobering moment for all of us, to act decisively with terrorists and their agents, give no room for terror to spread further than it already has. Let it unite us more, rather than divide us,” he said.
Ambassador Sidikou announced that the African Union has embarked on a joint benchmarking exercise with the United Nations on AMISOM’s mission that may pave way for a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Somalia.
