A soldier of the Djiboutian Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands guard 18 November 2012, at the end of a side street in the centre of the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region, approx. 300km north west of the Somali capital Mogadishu, during a foot patrol through the town.AMSIOM troops have been this week begun increasing their forces in Belet Weyne since first deploying there in September after the town liberated from Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab in December 2011 by a combined force of the Ethiopian Army and Somali government forces. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.