UPDF celebrate Tarehe Sita in Somalia 06

A Ugandan officer serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on as Somali woman and children line up inside Qatar internally displaced people's (IDP) camp in the Wardhigley District of the Somali capital Mogadishu 6 February, where Ugandan doctors serving with the AU mission were providing free medical check-ups and treatment to internally displaced civilians in the Karaan district of Mogadishu as part of a week-long programme called Tarehe Sita - Swahili for 6 February - which is the commemorative date that the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) was formed. This year marks 31 years since the UPDF's creation, which currently has around 6,500 personnel serving with AMISOM in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.