Ugandan soldiers of 341 Battalion serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) man the frontline 30 April 2012, near the main road on the northern edge of Maslah Town, the northern city limit of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM troops, now numbering 11,400 out of a mandated total of 17,731, supporting forces of the Transitional Federal Government have driven the Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group Al Shabaab out of the Somali capital where life is returning to the seaside city after years of conflict and Somalis are enjoying the longest period of relative peace not experienced since 1991.
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Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks in front of an armoured personel carrier 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen Andrew Guti announced 22 May the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the estimated 400,000 people of the Afgoye Corridor and beyond in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, located to the south and west of the country's capital Mogadishu.
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Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) rest 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
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A soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) takes up a defensive position during a firefight 22 May, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
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Soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) take up position along a road 22 May 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A soldier with the Somali National Army (SNA) walks through scrubland 22 May 2012, during a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and SNA operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
A field commander serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks in front of an armoured personel carrier 22 May 2012, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
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