Officers from the Sierra Leonean Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Individual Police Officers (IPO) salutes during a medal parade at the AU Mission's headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu, 15 March 2013. 38 officers each received a 6-month Medal of Service today marking the mid-way point of their 1-year deployment to Somalia where they have been central in assisting the reforming restructuring, monitoring and mentoring of the Somali Police Force (SPF) as it begins rebuilding after two decades of conflict and instability in the Horn of Africa nation. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.