This picture was taken outside the small town of Toortooroow. The armed men are members of the Daraawiishta Aw Digil(DD) militia. Every community and clan in the Lower Shabeelle region formed a vigilante group that they arm, feed and train for self-defence. In an event that a clan or farming community is attacked they would mobilise quickly and come to their defence. While each clan maintains its own militia they come together under the umbrella of the DD. The DD has no connection with its predicesor the DSA which is a basically defunct organization.

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