Somali Journalists and African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) officers train on Conflict Sensitive Reporting

Somali Journalists and African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) officers train on Conflict Sensitive Reporting

A three-day training workshop on Peace and Conflict Reporting has closed in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, for 18 Somali journalists, and ATMIS officers to equip them with skills needed to engage meaningfully in peace, national cohesion, and stability.

The workshop was organised jointly by the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) Political Affairs Unit and Somalia’s National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). The workshop provided an opportunity for the participants to network with conflict experts, examine their roles in reporting conflict, and devise strategies for covering conflict accurately, impartially, and responsibly.

At the opening, the ATMIS Chief Military Officer (CMIO), Col Mohamed Sirat Yusuf, stated that Somali media organisations and various Civil Society Groups were important in unpacking the layers of the Somali conflict and to help the public understand the nature of the conflict as it relates to social, political, humanitarian, and economic processes in Somalia.

“This training focused on two key objectives which are to equip Somali CSOs and ATMIS Civilian, Military and Police officers with requisite knowledge and skills on conflict sensitive reporting to enable them to integrate principles of monitoring and analysing peace in Somalia, as well