Vigilantes join Somalia military in battle with al Shabaab
The Somali army on patrol during an operation in which 17 al Shabaab terrorists were killed in southern province of Middle Shabelle in 2021. PHOTO | AFP
In a new policy supported by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government, Somalia is endorsing the use of vigilantes to help weed out al Shabaab militia from villages.
It is an additional step to the non-violent dissuasion of al Shabaab sympathisers, including by roping in returnees into formal government.
