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Somali Artists

Somali artists work in the Centre for Research and Dialogue (CRD) art studio in the Wadajir District of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Mogadishu fisherman

A Somali man carries a large sailfish on his head as he transports it to Mogadishu's fish market in the Xamar Weyne district of the Somali capital.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Night Patrol

A Ugandan soldier serving with the AMISOM walks through the deserted streets of Bakara Market in central Mogadishu.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Road to Baidoa

Troops react to al-Shabab militants who fired on the convoy as it advanced along the road to Baidoa.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.
IDP camp

A girl stands in an IDP camp on the outskirts of Beletweyne on February 20. The IDP camp was currently home to four hundred people displaced by floods

AU-UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.

Focus On Somalia: SNA Celebration

12 April marked the 53rd anniversary of the Somali National Army (SNA) and was celebrated by a military parade at the newly refurbished Ministry of Defence in the Somali capital Mogadishu attended by President Hassan Sheik Mohamud and commanders of the Somali military and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Latest News: AMISOM Force Commander Visits Djibouti

The African Union Mission in Somalia’s Force Commander General Andrew Gutti made an official visit to Djibouti where he met with the President of Djibouti H.E Ismail Omar Guelleh along with Djiboutian political and military leaders. The visit was intended to expand and further strengthen relations and communication channels between AMISOM and the Djiboutian government in support of the deployed Djiboutian Contingent in Sector 4 as well as AMISOM at large.