A joint team, consisting of members of the Ugandan and Burundian contingents of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), destroyed over 75 kilos of munitions captured from al-Shabaab militants, at a safe location outside Mogadishu.
Photo ID 550442. 09/05/2013. Mogadishu, Somalia. UN Photo/Tobin Jones
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A Somali man sits next to his herd of goats at Bakara Animal Market in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Once notorious for being both the site of Black Hawk Down, in which 18 American soldiers were killed in 1993, and later as an al-Shabaab stronghold, Bakara market is now slowly losing its past notoriety and becoming better known for its thriving economy. In the district's animal market, thousands of goats are now brought each morning, where they are sold on to later be slaughtered for their meat.
Photo ID 548129. 13/04/2013. Mogadishu, Somalia. UN Photo/Tobin Jones.
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Mogadishu, Somalia: In a photo taken 09 November and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 10 November, a Somali boy holds a shirt aloft to dry in the wind at Lido Beach in the Abdul-Aziz district of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Lido Beach has become a popular spot on Friday's with hundreds of Somalis since the withdrawal in August 2011 of the Al-Qaeda affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab who had banned any such social gatherings between men and women. The United Nations Security Council on November 7 renewed the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping force for a further four months to continue providing support to the Government of Somalia in its efforts to bring peace and stability to the Horn of African country.
Photo ID 534168. 12/11/2012. Mogadishu, Somalia . UN Photo/Stuart Price
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An aerial view of the Indian Ocean near Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia.
The last bastion of the once feared and brutal Al Shabaab extremist group, Kismayo fell to forces of the Somali National Army (SNA), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Government-affiliated Ras Kimboni Brigade two days ago.
Photo ID 531043. 04/10/2012. Kismayo, Somalia. UN Photo/Stuart Price. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
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At the Kanyaruchinya internally displaced persons camp in Goma, a young boy waits to fill his containers at a water distribution area. More than 270,000 people have been displaced from their homes by violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s North Kivu province.
Photo ID 522841. 08/08/2012. Goma, DRC. UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
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