African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Contingent Commander for Uganda, Brigadier Paul Lokech (centre) briefs members of 09 Battalion 25 May 2012 before an advance on the town of Afgoye to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye on the morning of the 25th without a shot being fired, liberating the area and its population - including 400,000 internally displaced people - from the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.