Burundian commanding officers serving with AMISOM meet with village leaders in the village of Awdinle, 30km north-west of the capital of Bay region Baidoa, 27 August 2013. AMSIOM forces supporting the Somali National Army (SNA) captured the area from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab in April 2013, liberating the people and strategically located village en route to the Ethiopian border from 4 years of brutal and violent rule by the terror group. AU-UN IST PHOTO / GULED MOHAMED.