NR No: 007/2024 Date: 19 March 2024

SHOTLIST: On visit to Dhobley, AU Special Representative emphasizes

collaboration for peace in Somalia

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DATELINE: 18/MARCH/2024, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Med shot – A UN helicopter landing at the Dhobley airport.

2. Close up shot – A UN helicopter landing in Dhobley.
3. Wide shot – A UN helicopter landing in Dhobley.
4. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed
El-Amine Souef disembarking a helicopter in Dhobley.
5. Close up shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
disembarking.
6. Wide shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
walks with senior ATMIS Kenya military officers.
7. Wide shot – ATMIS Kenya military officers in Dhobley wait to receive the African Union
Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef.
8. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
standing on the podium as the AU anthem plays.
9. Med shot – ATMIS Kenya military on parade salute the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef.
10. Wide shot – ATMIS Kenya medical personnel prepare to attend to a patient.

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Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
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11. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
walks to inspect the guard of honour.
12. Mide shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
inspects the guard of honour.
13. Med shot – ATMIS Kenya military Officers stand alert as the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef inspects the guard of honour.
14. Med shot – ATMIS Kenya military Officers stand as the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef inspects the guard of honour.
15. Wide shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
walks with senior ATMIS Kenya military officers as he tours the camp.
16. Wide shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef
walks with senior ATMIS Kenya army offices as he tours the camp.

17. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamed El-Amine Souef, African Union Special

Representative for Somalia
“The Somali's have already written to the chairperson of the African Union Peace and
Security Council expressing their desire and willingness for a follow-on mission.”
18. Close up shot – ATMIS Deputy Force Commander, Support and Logistics Maj.Gen.
Peter Muteti listening to African Union Special Representative for Somalia,
Ambassador Souef’s speech.
19. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamed El-Amine Souef, African Union Special
Representative for Somalia
“We are proud of the good work that you are doing job here to address the issue of
degrading Al-Shabaab.”
20. Mide shot – Guests listening to the African Union Special Representative for Somalia,
Ambassador Souef’s speech.
21. Close up shot – A Guest listening to the African Union Special Representative for
Somalia, Ambassador Souef’s speech.

22. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamed El-Amine Souef, African Union Special

Representative for Somalia
“ I commend you for the sacrifice and professionalism which has and continues the
march towards realization of peace and stability in Somalia.”

23. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and
senior ATMIS Kenya military officers tour ATMIS Level Two hospital in Dhobley.
24. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed
El-Amine Souef and senior ATMIS Kenya military officers tour ATMIS Level two
hospital in Dhobley.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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25. Med shot – An ATMIS Kenya military officer conducts the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and other guests on a tour of the
hospital.
26. Close up shot – An ATMIS Kenya military officer conducts the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and other guests on a tour of the
hospital.
27. Med shot – An ATMIS Kenya military officer conducts the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and other guests on a tour of the
hospital.
28. Close up shot – An ATMIS Kenya military officer conducts the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and other guests on a tour of the
hospital.
29. Med shot – An ATMIS Kenya military officer conducts the African Union Special
Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef and other guests on a tour of the
hospital.
30. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed
El-Amine Souef talks to a patient at the hospital.
31. Med shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed
El-Amine Souef talks to a patient at the hospital.
32. Wide shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Souef,
ATMIS Police Commissioner Hillary Sao Kanu and ATMIS Deputy Force Commander
Maj.Gen. Muteti and other military officers pose for a group photo.
33. Close up shot – African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador
Souef, ATMIS Police Commissioner Hillary Sao Kanu and ATMIS Deputy Force
Commander Maj.Gen. Muteti and other military officers pose for a group photo.

On visit to Dhobley, AU Special Representative emphasizes collaboration for

peace in Somalia

Dhobley, 19 March 2024 – The African Union Special Representative for Somalia,
Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, on Monday visited Dhobley, in Jubaland
State, to reinforce ongoing peace support operations and uplift the spirits of the African
Union troops stationed in southern Somalia.
Accompanied by distinguished officials from the African Union Transition Mission in
Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Souef's delegation included the Deputy Force

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Commander responsible for Support and Logistics, Major General Peter Kimani
Muteti, and ATMIS Police Commissioner, CP Hillary Sao Kanu.

The delegation was warmly welcomed by ATMIS Sector Two Commander Brig. Seif
Salim Rashid and his team. During the visit, the delegation was also briefed on a
medical training programme initiated by the ATMIS Kenya contingent to train and
mentor Somali health workers. The initiative aims to build the capacity of health
workers at the Dhobley General Hospital in midwifery, operating room and surgical
procedures, alongside other essential healthcare protocols.

The sector commander conducted the delegation on a tour of the ATMIS base,
including the Level Two Hospital in Dhobley. The Sector Two Area of Responsibility
(AoR) covering Middle and Lower Jubaland is manned by ATMIS Kenya Defence
Forces (KDF) troops.

Addressing the troops, the SRCC confirmed that ATMIS will exit in December, but the
African Union is considering a follow-on Mission.

“Somalia's formal request for a follow-on mission underscores the need for continued
international support in stabilizing the region,” said Ambassador Souef in his address
to the ATMIS Kenya contingent troops in Dhobley.

ATMIS is preparing for the drawdown of an additional 4000 troops from Somalia. The
AU Mission withdrew 5000 troops in phase one and phase two concluded in June and
December last year.

Ambassador Souef commended the KDF troops for their dedication to implementing
the ATMIS mandate and urged them to remain vigilant against Al-Shabaab. He also
praised them for preparing the Somali Security Forces to take over security
responsibilities from ATMIS. “We are proud of the good work that you are doing in
degrading Al-Shabaab. I commend you for the sacrifice and professionalism which has
and continues the march towards realization of peace and stability in Somalia,” noted
Ambassador Souef.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
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Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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