Men sell fruit in the recently liberated town of Bula Gadud in the Lower Juba region of Somalia on October 15. Bula Gadud was liberated from the terrorist organization Al Shabab by African Union forces on October 6. AMISOM Photo / Barut Mohamed
A Somali man stands on the outskirts of Qoryooley on April 29, a little over one month after the town was captured from al Shabab extremists by African Union forces. AU UN IST PHOTO / Tobin Jones