AMISOM continues offensive against Shebab in Somalia AMISOM, the UN-backed AU force in Somalia, launched a fresh offensive against Shebab bases this month, with the gunmen largely fleeing ahead of the assault only to later stage guerrilla attacks. "Many of their leaders fled to Mogadishu, and towards the Puntland", said Wednesday Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the AU special representative to Somalia. Images and soundbites from an AMISOM press conference