Before the sun sets in the capital of Somalia, many people can be seen rushing to buses to reach their homes because no movement can be made in most of Mogadishu's districts after the sun goes down.
Usually, fighting and confrontations between Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers and Somali Islamist insurgents happen in the afternoon, compelling residents to hurry to their neighborhoods while there is yet time.
Even so, most of the neighborhoods in Mogadishu are vacant, as its residents have already been displaced by the endless fighting.
Those areas, where tens of thousands of civilian people have been displaced, appear to be controlled by Somali political rivals who hold very different principles and views.
"The young people, especially those who are not involved in the protracted Somali conflicts, make very limited amount of movements at the night as the security is precarious and unreliable," Ahmed Ali, a young boy in the Waaberi district in Mogadishu, told All Headline News in a short interview.
He said night life used be very nice as short as four years ago.
"Young people, both girls and boys, used to go out at the night, gathering at [the] city's public places such as cinemas, Internet café, play stations, business and shopping centers where they used to stay until midnight," said Ali with glee. Now nobody can have any activities at night. There are few businesses and shopping centers open after sunset. The panorama of the city appears to be very dark and frightening after sundown. No place in Mogadishu has a monopoly on suffering!
The boy noted that only if you climbed to the top of a tower after dark could you see some lights in different areas of the city.
As fighting continues in southern Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, many schools, businesses, Internet café, and other popular places to relax and mingle have been closed.
Thus, many students are now lacking in an education.
“I [am] fed up with to be in Mogadishu any longer. There is no education, no job, and no bright future. Therefore, I decided to leave from it as the security is getting worse and the situation is plunging into anarchy and chaos day after day,” said Sahra Osman, one of Mogadishu’s young girls.
Sahra lamented that civil war and endless fighting has had the most repercussions and consequences for Somali youth.
The overall atmosphere of the city is not peaceful, because the crackling of machine gun fire and the echoes of artillery can be heard from some districts three or four days a week.
Tens of thousands of Mogadishans have been displaced by the Islamist-led insurgency that kicked off in early 2007 after Ethiopia invaded Somalia and ousted the Union of Islamic Courts regime in charge of much of south and central Somalia at that time.
Source: www.allheadlinenews.com
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