A joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation

SOMALIA, Deyniile: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team, a soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on as an earth mover clears ground for a mortar team 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 today announced the beginning of 'Operation Free Shabelle' aimed at bringing security and econonic revival to the 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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Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu.

SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) pass through thicket near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu.

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SOMALIA, Afgoye

SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 24 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) troops pass over open ground near the outskirts of the town of Afgoye, located to the west of the country's capital Mogadishu.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.