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Governance Brief 19 - The Rise of Youth Gangs (Ciyaal Weero) in Mogadishu

25 Oct 2022

Unemployment, the use of drugs, and weak local government Ciyaal Weero are gangs of youth that proliferated in the Benadir region are seen as the main causes of the rise of 23 years old. [...] To escape the youth gangs and avoid being caught while on the move, some Mogadishu To get the situation under control, the Somali Police residents restrict their movements and no longer visit Forces (SPF) launched the “Samakab operation” in mid- mosques in the evening. [...] The salaries of the vigilantes are the south and central Somalia by SNA forces and the collected from the local people, and each house is charged ‘Macawisley’ militias against al-Shabaab, which indicates $5 per month, as witnessed by the author. [...] The Way Forward Impact of Ciyaal Weero on the People in Mogadishu The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA), and the community in The emergence of the Ciyaal Weero youth gangs has the Benadir region could consider taking the following significantly impacted Mogadishu residents. [...] The strategy should include pre-emptive measures, including addressing the causes and contributors to the emergence of the gang.
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