Livestock herders are seen on the fringes of a small livestock market 18 November 2012, as an early morning foot patrol conducted by the Djiboutian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) passes on the western outskirts of the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu. 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.