An armed guard of the deputy mayor (not seen) of the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu, walks along road 18 November 2012, during an early morning foot patrol on the town's western outskirts conducted 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.