A former pro-government militia member is helped in to a specialised de-mining suit by soldiers of the Djiboutian Contingent serving with African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 17 November 2012, in the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu, during a technical and tactical training course which involves the driving of military trucks, de-mining, first responder medical training and communications. 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.