Outgoing African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force commander Maj, Gen. Fred Mugisha (left) prepares to hand over command to his successor, Ugandan Lt. Gen Andrew Gutti (right) at a ceremony 02 May 2012, at the mission's headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Gutti takes over the 11,400-strong AU force which Mugisha had commanded since early August 2011, during which time sustained efforts by AMISOM troops supporting Transitional Federal Governemnt (TFG) forces pushed the Al Qaeda-aligned extremist group Al Shabaab out of the country's capital city for the first time in 5 years. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.