Shabaab pretty much has a strong hold on Mogadishu and the surrounding regions. This shows the disunity and chaos within these communities. Shabaab is only successful in places where there is a lot of suspicious, mistrust, and animosity.
Its amazing to think that minority tribes are holding bigger tribes hostage in their own homes, degaans, and towns. For example, shabaab is taxing the hell out of Mogadishu and no one dares to refuse it. Besides the government, people are responsible for their safety and reporting and coordinating with the local authorities. No one has said lets stop these minorities messing up our city and making us extinct.
That is why i believe USC have in the grand scheme of things failed their constituency by toppling Siyad Barre. What did they get in exchange? Infighting between themselves, Amisom all over their lands, and Shabaab minority groups terrorizing them. To make things worse, they emigrated with the people they chased out of Mogadishu
I feel sorry for Mogadishu, its a sad story. Every politician is looking out for himself and to benefit of the misery of hawiye children so they can build real estate in Kenya, Turkey, UAE.
With the pace things are i don't know if Shabaab can ever be minimized or if the state can function w/o Amisom, making Mogadishu and by extension Somalia a trusteeship territory under the care of UN, or worse, broken up and taken by neighboring countries. We are in this position thanks to a major tribe not being able to unite to eradicate shabaab from Mogadishu and surrounding regions.



