A Ugandan gunner serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) prepares to fire his weapon atop an armoured personnel carrier 20 January, during a firefight during an advance with the Somali National Army (SNA) to capture Mogadishu University in insurgent Al Shabaab territory. The operation saw SNA forces supported by AMSIOM push 3.5km further north from their previous forward defensive line along the industrial road to take the strategically important area of and around Mogadishu Univeristy, the very furthest northern point of the Somali capital and where the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab planned and carried out attacks against the African Union mission, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and targets within the Somali capital.. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.