Brigadier Anthony Ngere (centre), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sector Two Commander and head of the Kenyan Contingent serving with AMISOM, greets field commanders at Saa'moja, an area approx. 7km outside the Somali port city of Kismayo, 01 October 2012, a day before joint allied forces of AMISOM, the Somali National Army (SNA) and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade advanced on and took over the last remaining urban bastion of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.