STORY: AMISOM announces three days of mourning in

honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner

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DATELINE: 14/MARCH/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, staff from UN and AMISOM who had gathered to to sign the
condolence book in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner Christine
Alalo, who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane accident on Sunday,
March 10.
2. Wide shot, The AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM,
Francisco Caetano Madeira addressing staff from AMISOM, UN and other
partners, who had gathered to to sign the condolence book in honour of the
late Acting Police Commissioner Christine Alalo, who perished in the ill-fated
Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, March 10.
3. Mid shot, portrait of the of the late Acting Police Commissioner Christine Alalo,
who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, March 10.
4. Med shot, staff from AMISOM, UN and other partners
5. Wide shot, Gen. Osmar Noor Soubagleh, Senior Adviser to the AU Special
Representative for Somalia (SRCC), signing the condolence book
6. Med shot, Gen. Osmar Noor Soubagleh, Senior Adviser to the SRCC signing of
the condolence book
7. Close up shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book
8. Med shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book at the Mission
Headquarters in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner
9. Close up shot, staff from UN Police signing the condolence book
10. Wide shot, staff from UN Police getting up after signing of the condolence
11. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, THE SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION (SRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“She was like a soldier who knew that any time (she) could fall, because the
endeavor was dangerous. So she ensured that everybody knew the important
things that have to be done”.

12. Med shot, The AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM,
Francisco Caetano Madeira addressing staff AMISOM and UN staff and partners
13. Close shot, Ms. Lisa Filipetto, Head of the United Nations Support Office in
Somalia (UNSOS) listening
 14. Med shot, The AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM,
Francisco Caetano Madeira making his address.
15. Med shot, AMISOM staff and their counterparts from the UN and other
partners
16. Wide shot, AMISOM staff and their counterparts from the UN and other
partners gathered at the Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, to sign a
condolence book in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner Christine
Alalo, who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane accident on Sunday,
March 10.
17. Med shot, AMISOM staff and their counterparts from the UN and other
partners gathered at the AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, to sign
a condolence book in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner Christine
Alalo.
18. Med shot, AMISOM staff and their counterparts from the UN and other
partners
19. Close up shot, portrait of the of the late Acting Police Commissioner Christine
Alalo, who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane accident on Sunday,
March 10.
20. Wide shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book at the Mission
Headquarters in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner
21. Med shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book at the Mission
Headquarters in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner
22. Close up shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book at the
Mission Headquarters in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner
23. Wide shot, staff from AMISOM signing of the condolence book

STORY

AMISOM announces three days of mourning in honour of the late Acting Police
Commissioner

Mogadishu, 14 March 2019 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is

observing three days of mourning in honour of the late Acting Police Commissioner
Christine Alalo, who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday,
March 10.

AMISOM staff and their counterparts from the UN and other partners gathered this
evening at the Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, to sign a condolence book in her
honour, where the AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM,
Francisco Caetano Madeira declared three days of mourning in her memory.

All African Union flags will also fly at half-mast as the world mourns Commissioner
Alalo and other victims of the crash.

Ambassador Madeira described the late Commissioner of Police as an open and

meticulous officer, in her method of work, and meetings with AMISOM partners,
which he added is essential in ensuring continuity of the mission’s work.
“She was like a soldier who knew that any time (she) could fall, because the
endeavor was dangerous. So she ensured that everybody knew the important things
that have to be done,” Ambassador Madeira said in his remarks to the staff.

AMISOM will tomorrow, Friday - March 15, hold a night-long vigil in recognition of
Commissioner Alalo’s contribution to the AU Mission and her outstanding leadership
at the helm of the AU Police.

On Saturday, March 16, the mission will hold an inter-denominational funeral service
in her honour.

Alalo joined AMISOM in June 2015 as Deputy Police Commissioner, a position she
held until November 2017, when she took over the leadership of AMISOM Police in
an acting capacity.

She was instrumental in providing guidance and leadership in the transformation of

the Somali Police Force into a reliable and professional outfit, while preparing the
force for the eventual takeover of policing responsibility from AMISOM.

Commissioner Alalo died while en-route from Italy, where she had attended a
conference.

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