Citat:An AMISOM soldier, belonging to the Djiboutian contingent of the AU mission, celebrates after capturing the Al Shabaab held town of Buulo 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. Buulo 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