AMISOM armoured personel carrier

An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) armoured personel carrier moves along a road past an abandoned vehicle 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. 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.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.

 

AMISOM armoured tank patrols

SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 25 May, an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) armoured tank patrols land to the west of Afgoye following an advance on the town, itself located to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye without a shot being fired today, liberating the area and its population – including 400,000 internally displaced people – from the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.

AU-UN IST PHOTO STUART / PRICE.

 

Ugandan soldiers serving in African Union Mission in Somalia

       Ugandan soldiers serving in African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) open fire during an ambush by al Shabaab rebels on the outskirts of Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a ******* witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city.

 

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