MOGADISHU, Somalia: Hundreds of women and children are protesting in the streets of Somalia’s capital against militants linked to Al-Qaeda.
The protesters marched Monday to protest that Al-Shabab insurgents have been digging up of graves of clerics over the last week.
The protesters chanted "Down with Al-Shabab" and carried banners, one of which read "Support Peace and Government."
Mohyadin Hassan Afrah, who heads Mogadishu’s civil society umbrella group, says people are protesting against Al-Shabab’s actions and the influx foreign fighters to the country.
Fighters from such countries as Pakistan, Yemen and North Africa have traveled to Somalia to join the Al-Qaeda aligned group that seeks to overthrow the country’s weak, UN-backed government.
