A medic serving with the Djiboutian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) demonstrates the application of an intravenous drip 17 November 2012, to former pro-government militia members during a training exercise in the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu, during a technical and tactical course run by Djiboutian AMISOM soldiers which involves the driving of military trucks, de-mining, first responder medical training and communications. 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.