Burundian troops serving with African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), pictured in the middle of the night, prepare for a joint ground advance with the Somali National Army (SNA) in an area southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia.
Troops from both the Burundian and Ugandan contingents of AMISOM advanced on foot with their SNA counterparts to a dense bush area south of Elasha Biya, hitherto occupied by the Al Shabaab militant group.