STORY: NISA convenes second workshop on screening of

disengaged al-Shabaab combatants in Mogadishu

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 05/JULY/2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, top National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officials
arriving for the capacity building workshop
2. Med shot, top National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officials
arriving for the capacity building workshop
3. Med shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, listening to the opening remarks
delivered by the workshop facilitator
4. Med shot, participants listening during the workshop
5. Med shot, participants listening during the workshop
6. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
AND SECURITY AGENCY (NISA) COL. ABDULKADIR MOHAMED NUR
This is a very important program and the government has given special
priority to peacebuilding in this country. As much as the use of bullets
can be employed in stability, peaceful channels can achieve much
needed results. These peaceful settlements can be achieved through
dialogue and forgiveness. In order to achieve this, the government has
pledged that our brothers who have been brainwashed
can defect and surrender to the government and integrate into
society.

7. Med shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, the NISA Commander for
Disengaged Combatants moderating the workshop
8. Med shot, participants listening during the workshop
9. Med shot, participants listening during the workshop
10. SOUNDBITE:(ENGLISH) UNSOM POLICE COMMISSIONER, CHRISTOPH BUIK
Youre doing the screening. You will decide about the future of the ex-
combatants coming from Al-Shabaab and what they will do and how
they can be incorporated into the society in Somalia again. And this is a huge
responsibility.
11. Med shot, participants listening
12. Wide shot, The Director of Defectors Rehabilitation Program in the Ministry
of Internal Security, Abdirashid Ibrahim Mohamed, addressing participants
during the workshop
13. Med shot, participants listening during the workshop
14. Wide shot, participants listening during the workshop
15. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) THE DIRECTOR OF DEFECTORS REHABILITATION
PROGRAM IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL SECURITY, ABDIRASHID IBRAHIM
MOHAMED
After the defector goes through risk assessment, they will be
categorized into either high level or low level risk. The high-level risk
defectors, NISA will determine where they will be taken. If the defector
is low-level risk, he will be taken back to regional rehabilitation centre
in order to be integrated into society.

16. Wide shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, the NISA Commander for
Disengaged Combatants giving his presentation during the workshop
17. Med shot, participants listening and watching the projector screen during the
workshop
18. Wide shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, the NISA Commander for
Disengaged Combatants giving his presentation during the workshop
19. Close up shot, participants listening during the workshop presentation
20. Med shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, the NISA Commander for
Disengaged Combatants giving his presentation during the workshop
21. Wide shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, the NISA Commander for
Disengaged Combatants giving his presentation during the workshop
22. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MAJOR ABDIFATAH SAYID AHMED, NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (NISA) COMMANDER FOR
DISENGAGED COMBATANTS
This workshop is about coordinating assessment of the Al-Shabaab
defectors so that those with minimal risks can be identified including
those who have been forced into Al-Shabaab and when they defect,
how the security and national security agencies will handle them.

23. Wide shot, Joanne Richards giving her presentation during the workshop
24. Med shot, Joanne Richards giving her presentation during the workshop
25. Mid shot, participants listening to the presentation
26. Mid shot, participants taking down notes
27. Wide shot, Joanne Richards giving her presentation during the workshop
28. Wide shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur arriving for the closing session during
second day of the workshop
29. Med shot, Joanne Richards giving a recap of the workshop
30. Med shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and other top NISA officials listening
31. Wide shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Services Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and other top NISA officials applauding
after the recap
 32. Med shot, Major Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed, preparing certificates for
presentation
33. Med shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and other top NISA officials handing
certificates to the participants
34. Med shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and other top NISA officials handing
certificates to the participants
35. Wide shot, Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
(NISA) Col. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and other top NISA officials handing
certificates to the participants
36. Wide shot, Ms. Zenaida Gatelli, Chief of Disarmament Demobilization and
Reintegration unit of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia
(UNSOM) going to receive her gift from the Deputy Director of the National
Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)
37. Wide shot, organizers receiving gifts from the Deputy Director of the National
Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)
38. Med shot, organizers receiving gifts from the Deputy Director of the National
Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)

END

NISA convenes second workshop on screening disengaged al-Shabaab combatants

in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, 5 July 2017 - A two-day workshop aimed at reviewing standard

operating procedures and building the capacity of Somalias National Intelligence
and Security Agency (NISA) for screening ex Al-Shabaab combatants ended today.

The screening process is an essential part of the National Programme for the
Treatment and Handling of Disengaged Combatants in Somalia.

The workshop was attended by NISA officers drawn from all of the countrys federal
member states. It discussed various ways of combating terrorism and ensuring that
disengaged al-Shabaab combatants who want to be reintegrated into communities
receive the support they require.

Speaking during the opening ceremony on Tuesday, the NISA Deputy Director Col.
Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur welcomed the training workshop, which followed up on a
similar workshop held late last year that developed standard operating procedures
for screening disengaged combatants.

This is a very important program and the government has given special priority to
peace-building in this country. As much as the use of bullets can be employed in
stability, peaceful channels can achieve much needed results. These peaceful
settlements can be achieved through dialogue and forgiveness, he said. To help
achieve that objective, Col. Nur noted the governments pledge to pardon al-
Shabaab militants who surrender and also assist them to reintegrate into society.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Police Commissioner

Christoph Buik said security agencies like NISA were the pillar of the program as they
deal directly with ex-combatants who decide to defect.

Youre doing the screening. You will decide about the future of the ex-combatants
coming from Al-Shabaab, what they will do and how they can be integrated into the
society in Somalia again. This is a huge responsibility, said UNSOM Police
Commissioner Buik.

Abdirashid Ibrahim Mohamed, the Director of the Defectors Rehabilitation Program

in the federal Ministry of Internal Security, explained procedures for the processing
of ex-combatants.

After the disengaged combatants go through the screening process, NISA will
determine whether they are high risk or low risk. The high-risk disengaged
combatants will go through the judicial process. If the disengaged combatants are
low risk, they will go through a rehabilitation programme at transitional centres in
order to be reintegrated into society, Mr. Mohamed said.

The NISA Commander for the Disengaged Combatants, Maj. Abdifatah Sayid Ahmed,
said the training involved the harmonizing of the screening process with the risk
assessment of al-Shabaab disengaged combatants in order to identify those who
pose minimal risks. This category will include ex-combatants who were forced into
joining the militant group.

The workshop was supported by the UNSOM Disarmament, Demobilization and

Reintegration unit and facilitated by the Bonn International Center for Conversion.

The standardized screening process is modelled on the system used in Australia, the
Netherlands, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The reintegration of disengaged
combatants is an important process in building sustainable security and durable
peace in Somalia.

The governments of Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom are currently
supporting the Federal Government of Somalia in implementing the National
Programme for disengaged combatants.