Brigadier General Michael Ondoga hands out medals to soldiers before they return home. Soldiers in the Ugandan People's Defence Force prepare to leave Somalia on May 18 after thirteen months stationed in the country. The soldiers, who made up Battlegroup 9+, had been reservists in the Ugandan army before being called up specifically to serve in the African Union Mission in Somalia. AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.

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