Insecurity increasing between Mugadishu and Afgooye road

The increasing number of complaints about the security situation between the capital Mogadishu and Afgoye is increasing in the last days.

Khasim Magow Abdallah a Parliament member who is interviewed by  Goobjoog News, said “the rape cases in the roads between mugadishu and afgoye  is increasing whereby 11 girls who were raped was reported within this week.”

Khasim who met some of the victims said that the rape cases are increasing in the outskirts of Mogadishu. More than 19 women were raped in this month.

The MP called on the federal government of Somalia to immediately respond to those innocent raped girls. The area people are accusing the the government forces for raping the girls instead of protecting them.

Somalia’s draft constitution includes provisions for new laws on rape, sexual violence and female genital mutilation, and sets the minimum age for marriage at 18. But political progress is slow, and the legislation is yet to be passed.

Like much else that is broken in Somalia, the causes of the pervasive rape can be found in the decades of anarchic conflict that began in 1991 and continues in some parts of the country today.

“Sexual violence is another legacy of the war in Somalia,”

Goobjoog News