Shotlist FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - Date Unknown 1. Cityscape FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - May 30, 2016 2. Traffic Somalia - Dec 2, 2025 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali president (starting with shot 2/partially overlaid with shots 4-5/ending with shot 6): "It's my passion for education. When I graduated from university as a young man, I started teaching in secondary school all the way to becoming director of a university. The only profession I've ever known was education. Never had any other profession until the day I joined the politics a decade ago." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Kismayo, Somalia - July 13, 2019 4. National flag of Somalia FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - Date Unknown 5. Traffic [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - Date Unknown 6. Various of National flag of Somalia, city view FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - Dec 25, 2016 7. Pedestrians Somalia - Dec 2, 2025 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali president (partially overlaid with shots 9-10): "The educational service here in Somalia, since I came, we reopened and reestablished the public education. There was no public education, only private education was there. Now we have public schools whereby the low-income people, the poor people can send their kids free of charge starting from primary all the way to the university. We reopened Somali National University in my last term in 2014, 2015. And now it's a full-fledged university with more than a dozen faculties and having campuses in different parts of Somalia." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - 2015 9. Various of students having class FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - May 30, 2016 10. Various of traffic [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - 2015 11. School campus 12. Poster calling for children to go to school Somalia - Dec 2, 2025 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali president (partially overlaid with shot 14): "Now, by developing the human capital in the education sector, in the training, what we are now focusing is the technical and vocational education, whereby China can help us a lot, and that is where we have also requested China to support, in terms of technology transfer, the new modern technology of doing things. So, technology. Today, the world is technology, and technical and vocational education is a priority for us, and that's where we are focusing right now." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Beijing, China - Sept 6, 2024 14. National flags of China, Somalia [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Mogadishu, Somalia - Nov 20, 2019 15. Traffic Storyline ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has underscored the importance of education for developing countries, pledging to deepen cooperation with China in vocational and technological education. In an exclusive interview with China Media Group (CMG) broadcast on Friday, the East African country's leader reflected on his long-standing commitment to education, describing it as a national priority in an era defined by science and technology. "It's my passion for education. When I graduated from university as a young man, I started teaching in secondary school all the way to becoming director of a university. The only profession I've ever known was education. Never had any other profession until the day I joined the politics a decade ago," said the president. During his tenure, Somalia has rebuilt its public education system and restored the country’s national university, providing free access to underprivileged students, according to Mohamud. "The educational service here in Somalia, since I came, we reopened and reestablished the public education. There was no public education, only private education was there. Now we have public schools whereby the low-income people, the poor people can send their kids free of charge starting from primary all the way to the university. We reopened Somali National University in my last term in 2014, 2015. And now it's a full-fledged university with more than a dozen faculties and having campuses in different parts of Somalia," said Mohamud. Looking ahead, the president said Somalia is placing greater emphasis on technical and vocational training, an area where cooperation with China could be particularly valuable. "Now, by developing the human capital in the education sector, in the training, what we are now focusing is the technical and vocational education, whereby China can help us a lot, and that is where we have also requested China to support, in terms of technology transfer, the new modern technology of doing things. So, technology. Today, the world is technology, and technical and vocational education is a priority for us, and that's where we are focusing right now," he said. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]