STORY: Jubbaland residents agree to promote community

policing to counter violent extremism

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DATELINE: 28/AUGUST/2018, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, a two-day workshop on community policing in Jubbaland state

2. Med shot, religious leaders attending the workshop
3. Med shot, police and military officers at the workshop
4. Close up shot, religious leaders at the workshop
5. Close up shot, police officers at the workshop
6. Med shot, a facilitator conducting the training
7. Close up shot, samples of explosive components displayed on a slide
8. Wide shot, participants attending the workshop
9. Med shot, military officers attending the workshop
10. Close up shot, an officer listening
11. Med shot, officers taking notes during the workshop
12. Close up shot, participants listening
13. Wide shot, participants listening
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Philip Mukasa, AMISOM Police Public Information Officer
“We are here as AMISOM Police to support the Jubbaland state police in mobilizing
the community to prevent and counter violent extremism. This is a two-day
workshop where we are going to address pertinent issues of prevention and
countering violent extremism. This is a very critical subject that we want to handle
together with SPF (Somali Police Force) and the community.”

18. Med shot, religious leaders listening

19. Close up shot, religious leaders listening
20. Close up shot, military officers taking notes
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Philip Mukasa, AMISOM Police Public Information Officer
“We as AMISOM Police together with SPF (Somali Police Force) in Jubbaland state is
to work together with the community, with the youth, with the women groups, with
police, with the Darwish and all the others so that we have one common voice, one
common message to pass to others so that we can counter violent extremism.”

22. Med shot, participants listening

23. Close up shot, a participant listening
24. Med shot, participants taking notes
25. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Aden Yusuf Salah, Director General in the Ministry of
Security of Jubbaland State
“In this training we shared knowledge and experiences on how to observe and
maintain security and prevent bad elements who bring insecurity in the community.
Everyone wants to live in a peaceful and secure environment, with access to good
education but there are people (extremists) who are against all these. They do not
want the community to live and worship peacefully and to promote their religion,”

26. Med shot, Aden Yusuf Salah, director general in the ministry of security of
Jubbaland state awarding a certificate a participant
27. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Sureer Mohamed Ali, Chairperson of Kismayo Women
Organization
“I gained skills on how the police and the community can work together. This is a
very useful [workshop], which we embrace and we are ready to support the security
forces. Women are the mothers of the youth who are brainwashed by the
extremists, and have the potential to lure them back. Every mother is required to
advise her child and bring him back home and to the government. I appeal to the
relevant authorities to conduct similar trainings that empower women so that they
can win back their children [from the extremists].”

28. Med shot, Aden Yusuf Salah, director general in the ministry of security of
Jubbaland state awarding a certificate a participant
29. Med shot, Aden Yusuf Salah, director general in the ministry of security of
Jubbaland state awarding a certificate a participant
30. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ugas Abdirahman Ugas Khalif, Somali Elder
“Today, we have learnt that if the members of the society are united and work
together, they can fight radicalization in which children and other innocent people
are brainwashed. We know the religion of Islam is a peaceful religion which accords
everybody his right. They [extremists] advance their radicalization efforts using Islam
as a cover up. Extremism has no place in Islam.”

31. Med shot, AMISOM and Somali police officers awarding certificates to
participants
32. Wide shot, Aden Yusuf Salah, director general in the ministry of security of
Jubbaland state awarding a certificate a participant

33. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Muna Abdiweli Mohamed, Somali Police Gender Officer
“I would like these lessons on community policing to continue and I would like to
teach the community what we learnt here so members of the community work
together.”

34. Med shot, a participant receiving a certificate

STORY
Jubbaland residents agree to promote community policing to counter violent
extremism

Kismayo, 30 August 2018 - Residents and security officers in Jubbaland state have
resolved to promote community policing in their neighbourhoods to fight crime and
counter violent extremism.

The resolution was made at the end of a two-day workshop attended by residents,
police officers and pro-government regional forces.

The workshop is part of a sensitization programme on community policing in federal

states, initiated by the police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), to strengthen collaboration between security officers and members of
the public.

Speaking during the workshop, AMISOM Public Information Officer, Philip Mukasa,
said community policing has been tried and tested in many parts of the world and
found to be beneficial to countries recovering from war.

“We as AMISOM Police together with SPF (Somali Police Force) in Jubbaland state is
to work together with the community, with the youth, with the women groups, with
police, with the Darwish and everyone ,” Mr. Mukasa explained, noting there is need
to collaborate to improve security in areas liberated from the terrorist group, Al
Shabaab.

The director general in the federal state’s ministry of security, Aden Yusuf Salah,
echoed Mr. Mukasa’s sentiments saying the objective was to encourage synergy
between the police and members of the public in crime prevention.

“In this training we shared knowledge and experiences on how to observe and
maintain security and prevent bad elements who bring insecurity in the community,”
Mr. Aden observed.

The Chairperson of Kismayo Women Organization, Sureer Mohamed Ali, stressed the
importance of involving women in countering violent extremism and urged AMISOM
to organize similar trainings in other regions.

“This is a very useful [workshop], which we embrace and we are ready to support
the security forces. Women are the mothers of youths brainwashed by the
extremists, and have the potential to lure them back,” Ms. Sureer added.

Somali elder, Ugas Abdirahman Ugas Khalif, described extremism as an unacceptable

behavior that has no place in Islam and appealed to residents to work closely with
security forces to tackle the vice.
“We know the religion of Islam is a peaceful religion which accords everybody his
right. They [extremists] advance their radicalization efforts using Islam as a cover up.
Extremism has no place in Islam,” said Ugas Abdirahman.