AMISOM troops, belonging to the Djiboutian contingent of the AU mission, pray before embarking on an operation to capture the Al Shabaab held town of Buule Burde on 13 March in the Hiraan region of Somalia. Buula Burde marks the sixth town captured this month by the African Union, in joint operations with the Somali National Army. Buula Burde served as a strategic center to Al Shabaab, who used the town as a base for hundeds of their militants and as a supply center. AU UN IST PHOTO / Ilyas A. Abukar

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