A pick-up truck carrying soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) drives through the centre of the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region, approx. 300km north west of the Somali capital Mogadishu, during a foot patrol 18 November 2012, through the town by the Djiboutian Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). 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.