A soldier from the Somali National Armey (SNA) stand outside Mogadishu University 20 January, following an advance to capture Mogadishu University in insurgent Al Shabaab territory. The advance saw SNA soldiers supported by troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) push 3.5km further north from their previous forward defensive line along the industrial road to take the strategically important area of and around Mogadishu Univeristy, the very furthest northern point of the Somali capital and where the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab planned and carried out attacks against the African Union mission, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and targets within the Somali capital.. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.