On the Front Line in Kismayo

Photos from the crucial Somali port city, after its liberation from the hands of al-Shabab.

DECEMBER 17, 2012

A boy working at Kismayo seaport sits in the front seat of a truck being loaded with cargo. Two decades of civil war have left Somalia's infrastructure and economy in tatters, though in recent months both have been slowly improving.

AU-UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES