A group of young Somali boys stand infront of a painted shop-front advertising food products in Torfiq market in the Yaaqshiid District of northern Mogadishu. In the face of a surge of car bombings and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks, the 9,700-strong African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali Transitional Federal Govermnet (TFG) security forces continue to conduct security and counter-IED operations in and around the Somali capital. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.