Somali civilians riding atop a commuter taxi wave towards soldiers and commanders serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 25 May 2012 as they walk across a bridge in the centre of Afgoye town to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye on the morning of the 25th, without a shot being fired, 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.