STORY: AMISOM ON QORYOOLEY STABILITY TRT: 3:00 SOURCE: AU/UN IST RESTRICTIONS: This media asset is free for

editoria !road"ast# $ri%t# o% i%e a%d radio &se' It is %ot to !e so d o% a%d is restri"ted for other $&r$oses' A e%(&iries to %e)s*a&&%ist'or+ CRE,IT REQUIRE,: AU/UN IST LAN-UA-E: EN-LIS./SOMALI ,ATELINE: /0T. A1RIL /023# QORYOOLEY# SOMALIA SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot, Amisom troops patrol road leading into Qoryooley town 2. Mid shot, an AMISOM soldier driving truc !. Wide shot, AMISOM truc on the "ridge leading to Qoryooley town #. Wide shot, AMISOM soldiers patrolling through Qoryooley town $. Med shot, Qoryooley town residents %. Med shot, AMISOM patrolling town &. Med shot, residents "uying and selling commodities '. Wide shot, a street in Qoryooley town (. Med shot, Qoryooley town residents 1). *lose up, girl with a goat in the town 11. Med shot, AMISOM soldiers wal ing through town 12. SOUND BITE: +,-./IS01 Ma2. 0enry *herotich, AMISOM 3gandan commander o4 In4antry "attalion5 6We are doing well with them, they are co7operative, they assist us very much. 8hey tell us the movements o4 al7Sha"aa". 8he pro"lem they are 4acing is with al7Sha"aa"9 they have managed to "loc these roads coming to the town threatening the civilians not to come to stay in this town where AMISOM is occupying.: 1!. Wide shot, AMISOM soldier guarding the "ridge "e4ore you enter town 1#. Med shot, the "ridge 1$. Wide shot, the river with the AMISOM soldier guarding 1%. Med shot, Qoryooley residents 1&. Wide shot, a 4arm o4 one o4 the Qoryooley residents 1'. Med shot, a 4armer pic ing tomatoes in the garden 1(. *lose up, tomatoes in the garden 2). *lose up, some o4 the tomatoes in the garden 21. *lose up, a woman pic ing tomatoes 22. SO3-; <I8,5 =esident o4 Qoryoole5 6Our li4e is o , we do not have pro"lems, than s to .od. 8he AMISOM soldiers are good people, they gave us peace. 8he al7Sha"aa" were trou"ling us "ut now they were chased away and that is good. We are harvesting these tomatoes, we sell our products at the mar et, we don>t have pro"lems than s to .od.: 2!. Med shot, tomatoes 2#. Wide shot, orange trees 2$. *lose up, oranges 2%. Wide shot, 4armer and his wi4e. STORY:

=esidents o4 Qoryooley, a town South West o4 the Somali capital Mogadishu are en2oying relative peace and improved security, wee s a4ter the town was rescued 4rom the hands o4 al Sha"aa" insurgents. /ocated 12) ilometres 4rom Mogadishu, Qoryooley was rescued "y 2oint 4orces o4 the Somali -ational Army and the A4rican 3nion Mission in Somalia +AMISOM1 in an operation conducted last month. 8oday, 4armers are a"le to return to the gardens and the people are a"le to conduct "usiness 4reely in the town, simple acts previously impossi"le while the town was under al Sha"aa" terror. 8he AMISOM troops guarding the town together with S-A soldiers say the local residents have "een cooperative and wor closely with them. 6We are doing well with them, they are co7operative, they assist us very much. 8hey tell us the movements o4 al7Sha"aa". 8he pro"lem they are 4acing is with al7 Sha"aa"9 they have managed to "loc these roads coming to the town threatening the civilians not to come to stay in this town where AMISOM is occupying,: says Ma2. 0enry *herotich AMISOM 3gandan commander o4 In4antry "attalion. 8he residents say their lives are now much "etter and they are a"le to go a"out their "usiness without having to worry a"out "eing attac ed "y al Sha"aa". 6Our li4e is o , we do not have pro"lems, than s to .od. 8he AMISOM soldiers are good people, they gave us peace. 8he al7Sha"aa" were trou"ling us "ut now they were chased away and that is good. We are harvesting these tomatoes, we sell our products at the mar et, we don>t have pro"lems than s to .od,: says one o4 the residents. Qoryoole previously served as a strong training and logistical "ase 4or the insurgents. 8he operations launched "y AMISOM in ?e"ruary this year saw at least 1) towns rescued 4rom the al Sha"aa" and are to "e spread to other areas. AMISOM, wor ing together with the S-A says the operations will continue to allow 4reedom 4or the Somali people and a more conducive environment to 4acilitate the ?ederal .overnment o4 Somalia in ensuring law and order. ,-;.