Ugandan platoon commanders serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 33rd Battalion stand at a deserted and battle-scarred hotel along the frontline in Yaaqshiid District of Mogadishu, where AMISOM forces have pushed Al Shabaab militants beyond the city's northern fringes to the outskirts of the Somali capital. AU/UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.