SOMALIA – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/NATS
DATELINE: 1 JULY 2013
SHOTLIST: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (JULY 1, 2013)
1. Wide shot, view of Konis Stadium where celebrations are being held
2. Wide shot, cultural group in center of stadium
3. Wide shot, women sitting before Somali President’s arrival
4. Wide shot, officials on dais
5. Medium shot, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud greeting the crowd
6. Wide shot, band playing the Somali national anthem
7. Medium shot, band drummers playing national anthem
8. Soundbite (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President, Somalia:
“I’d like to congratulate all Somali people, everywhere, on the 53rd anniversary of our independence and unity. It’s the day when the name of Somalia was established in the world.”
9. Wide shot, Somali police marching past dais
10. Medium shot, President Mohamud watching the officers march
11. Wide shot of the crowd in Konis Stadium
12. Medium shot, police women marching past
13. Wide shot of police officers marching
14. Soundbite (English) Ismail Macalin Abdulle, Director-General, Ministry of Education:
“We’re celebrating the 53rd Anniversary of our Independence. July 1st is a very happy day and it’s a day that all Somalis hold very dear.”
15. Wide shot, crowd of spectators watching the celebrations
16. Medium shot, women carrying President Mohamud’s photo
17. Close up, woman holding President’s photo
18. Close up on banner with monument embroidered
19. Wide shot, women sitting in the stands, waving flags
20. Soundbite (English) Dahab Siiso Mahamud, Women’s Group Leader:
“This is a very big day for all Somalis, both here and abroad. It’s a happy day because it’s July 1 and we thank god that we are able to stand here after 21 years, today and last night as well, in order to celebrate. I congratulate all the Somalis wherever they are.”
21. Wide shot, Somali music group singing
22. Medium shot, women singing
STORY:
Somalia marked 53 years of independence today (July 1st) in a colorful ceremony held at the recently returfed Konis Stadium in Mogadishu.Various representatives from the country’s security forces, cultural groups and government arms gathered at the stadium to mark the significant milestone with marches, various performances and speeches.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the event with a retinue of government officials.
“I’d like to congratulate all Somali people, everywhere, on the 53rd anniversary of our independence and unity. It’s the day when the name of Somalia was established in the world,” he said.
Somalia has much to celebrate this year, as the it’s security forces, assisted by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are in now in control of all but a few parts of the Horn of Africa country.
“We’re celebrating the 53rd Anniversary of our Independence. July 1st is a very happy day and it’s a day that all Somalis hold very dear,” said Ismail Macalin Abdulle, the DirectorGeneral for the Ministry of Education.
Many of those who gathered at the stadium to celebrate said it was a clear sign that Somalia was on the path to recover.
“This is a very big day for all Somalis, both here and abroad. It’s a happy day because it’s July 1 and we thank god that we are able to stand here after 21 years, today and last night as well, in order to celebrate. I congratulate all the Somalis wherever they are,” added Dahab Siiso Mahamud, who leads a women’s group.
The government and it’s partners are now focused on stabilising the country and rebuilding its infrastructure, social, political and economic systems following decades of internal conflicts.
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